The Record Newspaper 23 May 1940

SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR.

Nazis Have Says Vienna

"The Church has been completely shut out from the schools," writes Cardinal Innitzer, Archbishop of Vienna in a new pastoral letter to his diocese.

The tme is past when parents could nfidently place the religious educa tion of their children almost entirely in the hands of lay schools, or lay teachers and of priets who were re ponsible for the education and form ton of th young" the Cardinal cont nue

'We have got to change our ideas

The dutes of parents and of the official chool turn further and further away from the religious deals of the Catholic home and it becomes more and more difficult t obtain a good religious training in the compulsory schools of the State"

The Cardinal goes on to give parents advice on home instruction in the catechism and other religious subjects adding: "The Christian education of the children is the first principle of matrimony," and "well educated children are the greatest blessing of Christian marriage'

False Teachers.

The Cardinal warns parents that if they discover that religious instruction is being given in any school they must find out whether or not the teacher has ecclesiastical approval, All intructions given without this approval should be considered as not conforming with the spirit of the Church.

He ends "Dear parents, when you think of your own childhood, thank vour parents and those religious teachers who have so deeply planted the word of God in your hearts

In this holy period let us all pray with the Apostles and the Mother of God that the Holy Ghost bestow upon our children the grace of a deep faith and that the good seed planted by the parents and the priests in the hearts of Christian youth may take root and flourish" PERTH THURSDAY MAY 23, 1940

Do not let any of your rights be taken away from you. Overcome the present difficulties and see that your children receive a religious education Make the First Holy Communion and Confirmation the greatest events of all in their young lives Seek the advice of the priests who will prepare your children for their first Confession and first Holy Communion and you yourselves help in the preparations for that great day

Shut Out Church, Cardinal

soner coouss seer OPENING IN GERMANY

The Soviet Government is making moves in Berlin for the official publication there of Russian Godless literature,says La Croix,"of Paris, quoting a Swiss source Th works of Jaroslawski president of the Soviet Godless will be given priority, Others will follow

The same agency reports that Molotoy, Russia' Foreign Minister, has been asked by the Associations i God less to request the German Government to confiscate property of the Rusian Orthodox Church within the Reich as that Church is the recognised enemy of the Soviet Government and of Communism and atheism Molotov has promised to discuss the matter with the German Ambassador

FASCIST OFFICIAL SAYS VATI CAN NEWSPAPER SHOULD BE BANNED

Signor Roberto Farrinacei, anti-cleri a member of the Fascist Grand Council in Italy demanded that the Osservatore Romano," the Vatican daily newspaper, should be suppressed, says the "Daily Herald" Rome Correspond ent

'We have got to change our ideas."

BRITSH REPORTS ON TOP NOW IN "OBSERVATORE."

The Osservatore Romano' now places the British official war communications first in its reports on the war The French follow and the Ger man are placed third

The "Osservatore" used to give the German communications first

He accused it of being anti-Italian and alleged that it has been paid 5,000 000 lire (more than £50,00) by the Jews Signor Farrinacci is no doubt angered by the growing strength of the independent Vatican paper, the only paper in Rome which is now giving objective reports on the war Its circulation since the outbreak of war has jumped from about 9,000 to nearly 120,000

"OSSERVATORE" DISLIKES

NAZIS' ITALIAN MAGAZINE

The Vatican newspaper, Osservatore Romano" is protesting against the sal in Italy of a magazine called egnale" (Signal"), latest propaganda publication of Dr, Goebbels, as .UP

This magazine, which is issued in severa! languages, is modelled on the mei r "Life,"' with elaborate photoGerman troops in action and anti-Allied propaganda

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It was his first attempt at rifle practice, and with his opening shot he scored a bull But the other nine shots did not even eave a mark on the tar get "How do you account for these misses?" snapped the sergeant, "That first one must have been beginners' luck!"

Sorry sergeant,' apologised the re-. cruit 'I thought I had to get all the bullets through the same hole" ,. * "" • 'As the ship nosed her way through a dense fog, the officer on duty was leaning over the side of the bridge Suddenly he found himself face to face with a man leaning over a rail only a few yards away 'Here, you!"' he roared angrily Where do you think you're going? Don't you know my ship has right of way?"

Back came the reply in a sardonic voice: This ain't a ship, mate It's the ighthouse.'

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All hot and bothered, the young man dashed into the office of the managing director of the motor works "Look here!" he exclaimed "Is it a fact that your firm built a car in seven minutes thirty-five seconds?"

"That' right" replied the director, puffing at his arge cigr "We have, and we're proud of t " Well, Im not!" said the visitor bitterly 'Te got that car!"

k # How long have you worked in that office?"

''Since they threatened to sack me."

k k # It says the Germans are using seaoned troops What's that mean?" They're mustered by their officers and peppered by us'

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A clergyman was arguing with a successful business man on the desirability of attending church, At last he put the question squarely "What is your personal reason for not attending?"

The other miled as he replied "One finds so many hypocrites there."

' Don't let that keep you away'' said the parson, There's alwys room for ne r re '' st ii

Decidedly a suspicious-looking fe! low" muttered Mr Smith, All the Smith family gathered in the drawingroom focused their attention on a shabby man who was eyeing the house furtively

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A little man was sitting in an Underground train, with his gas-mask on the seat beside him, when a woman, weighing about seventeen stone, plopped down breathlessly, smashing the cardboard box containing the mask She apologied, but the little man seemed very angry Then a voice behind him said consolingly:

"Cheer up, mate It could 'ave been worse Your face might 'ave been in it'

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Hitler accompanied by one of his Staff, entered the German Propaganda Department

Seeing a queer-looking object on the floor, Hitler exclaimed: 'I didn't know you kept tortoises here."

We don't, mein Fuehrer," replied the officer 'That's Dr Goebbels with his'tin hat on!"

k k When I was introduced to your wife the other day I was sorry to discover that she is rather deaf"

"Rather deaf? Do you know, old boy, we once lived close to a gasworks, and one night a huge gasometer exploded!"

"Good gracious I'II bet your wife heard that!"

Yes she did She turned over restlessly in bed and grunted anxiousy "John, you'll have to get something for that cough!

# # k What made you think that the prisoner was under the influence of drink?" asked the magistrate

Well, sir," replied the constable, "he put twopence through the letterbox, rang the front door bell, put an mpty milk bottle to his ear and said 'No reply' Then he went to sleep on the door-step''

# # My husband never drinks and pends all his evenings at home,"' said Mr Miggs to her neighbour "Why, he even gave up his club to stay at home with me' Does he smoke?"

"Only in moderation

He likes a good cigar after he's had a good supper, but I don't suppose he smokes two cigars a month"

# I teacher was trying to explain the word "widower" to a little evacuee

What would you call a man who had lost his wife?" he asked

"Very careless" replied the youngster

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A soldier whose main trouble was extreme talkativeness was on escort duty with a corporal taking an important prisoner to headquarters

Before starting, he had been told that on no account was he to speak; a bet of a tin of cigarettes had been made that he couldn't keep silent until reaching headquarters

They went in single file, the soldier quite mute On arriving at headquarters, the corporal, without looking round, said, Well, Tommy you've won the bet."

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Which is the True Church?

HP, Crown-street, Sydney:

(I shall now continue the analysis of certain statements made by the Rev, Wynhdam Heathcote in the pamphlet

Which is the True Church? on which ou requested me to comment The ;stainder of the questicrs will be reI :he l quotations from the pampnlet The Anglican Church ditfers so much from the Roman that it finds it necessary to live as a separate organisation."

Correct The Unitarian Church or Movement is entirely different from both oft them, having very little common ground with either."

Neither Catholies nor \ngiicans have any reason for uneasiness of that account "It is plain, therefore, that these three churches cannot all be the true and only church, and the important question is 'which of these churches is the True Church'?"

Correct. All three churches cannot be true Moreover, if any Christian Church is true, then Unitarianism cannot be true, for it is not Chritian "It is noticeable that the Roman Church is the only one of the three which claims to be the only Church and to be infallible, and to be the inspired source of truth," The 'atholie Church claims to be the one true Church and to be infallible in matters f belief nd moral But she doe not ·laim to be the "inspired sourc of truth," If Mr Heathcote wishes to attack the Catholic Church, he would be well dvised to find rut exactly what the 'hurch does claim before he launches his attack People who neglect such elementary precautions usually mke fools of themselves #e ir # THE CLAIM TO INFALLIBILITY

"In the Domain on a Sunday afternoon the speakers from the Catholic platform, who always conduct their propaganda in good taste, constantly argue that they must be the true and only Church because no other church presumes to make such a claim " M. has gnerous state nt u: ·d by th lic Id spakers b tin portant part The ue that the o Chu the one true bec: no other church claim infa They argue that si Christ founded an infallible C (t ·d by Mr Heathc no does not at claim to e infallible can be Chur· b· Christ. Wha Hea dmolih is the Cathe nt. not n Aunt S h. truction We arians certainly make no such U: no rational ground for id could not support then made them But it doe from this that th claim t :y made by th Catholi c not well foun ·d

"We say that the Roman conclusions about being an infallible and the only true Church are conclusions drawn from false assumptions and that, therefore, although following in logic from the assumptions, the conclusions are entirely false" at, lic Church and U 1 hi pamphlet, M tar "In reason a r or they." If th h is as reasonable an Heathcote admits it that she should never have examined the validity of the foundations on which her claims rest # k k k MR. HEATHCOTES ASSUMPTIONS

"The false asumption is that the books of the Bible are supernaturally inspired and infallibly true"

It is Mr Hethcote who is guilty of the false assumption The Catholic Church does teach that the Books of the Bible are inspired by God and therefore infallibly true But to say that the Catholic Church herself is based on this teaching is so far from the truth that only one who is competely ignorant of the Catholic position could make such a statement, The Four Gospels and other New Testament Books are historical documents whose truthworthiness has been thor oughly tested and proved These documents record that Christ claimed to be God as well as man-and God in the s?me sense that the Supreme Being s God They show that Christ proved His claim to Divinity by His miracles, and, above all. bv the miracle of His bodily Resurrection from the dead

They show that Christ taught momentous truths about God and man about this world and the next. Thev record that Christ founded a Church to teach His full doctrine to all men in all ages; that He guaranteed that His Church

cote falsely assumes to be conclusions drawn from the assumption that the Bible is inspired k

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would last till the end of the world and would not make mistakes in teaching His doctrine The one, imperishable and infallible Church founded by Christ and teaching in His name is the Catholic Church Having satisfied themselves on these points men can go in all confidence to the Catholic Church knowing that they will receive the full Revelation of Christ Now, this Revelation teaches that the four Gospels (and the other Books which constitute the Bible) are the inspired word of God as well as being authentic human documents

The claim then of the Catholic Church to be the one and infallible Church founded by Christ, is based on

THE SACRIFICE OF CHRIST, "(2) That His death on the Cross was a sacrifice for the sin of the world He was the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world, my sins your sins and the sins of Hitler"

Once again Mr Heathcote distorts the Catholic position, whether through gnorance or from other motives I do not know The sacrificial death of Christ in expiation of the sins of the world is not a conclusion drawn from the inspiration of Sacred Scripture It is a divinely revealed truth, brought to us by the infallible Church which Christ founded to teach His doctrine

Sacrifice of Christ is efficacious enough to expiate the crimes of Hitler, as well as the peccadillos of Mr Heathcote But. for reasons best known to himself Mr Heathcote omits to mention that forgiveness of sins through the merits of Christ, in order to be of any value to Hitler or Mr Heathcote or anybody else presupposes sincere repentance and the use of the means instituted by Christ for that purpose

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Another conclusion which can be drawn from the inspired Bible is that the Nazarene instituted the Mass"

Mr Heathcote's statement is a halftruth It is true that the doctrine of the Sacrifice of the Mass is clearly con-

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the historical records of the New Testament, preseinding altogether from their sacred character, and independently of it

Mr Heathcote has therefore grossly misstated the Catholic position "The Roman Church is the only church which adheres tenaciously to the conclusions which follow in logic from that assumption,"

Considering his own frequent and flagrant violation of the rules of logic, Mr Heathcote's concession to the logic f the Catholic case is far from reassuring. The Catholic Church holds steadf: tly t the consequences of biblical inspiration, but her claim to be the true 'hurch is not based on any "as° umed" inspiration of the Bible It i: based on the historical fact of Christ's n: titution, The inspiration of the four Gosp ·l and other New Testament B k has nothing to do with the quest n • k , #

"ABSURD CONCLUSIONS " Protestant churches shy at some of the conclusions, glaringly absurd conclusions" Sin the laim of the Catholic huroh t b the one and infallible hurch founded bv Christ is not a conlumn drawn from an assumed inspiration f Scripture, Mr Heathcote's assertion "mis s the bus" comp!etely As regard "absurd" conclusions Mr Heathcote has yet to say what they nd to prove that they are absurd His mere as surances on the point would not tisfy any person of average intelligence

But in shying at these absurd conclusicns, although avoiding some errors, they are less logical than the Church cf Rome, which shies at nothing"

Pompous accusations of absurdity come oddly from one who is guilty of th monstrous absurdity that 'we human: are divine,'' and who is guilty of LsurI blunders in st ting the very p. ·ition e is trying to attack Mr Heathcote's frequent laps.s in logic make grandios talk about logic as worthle as ht charges of absurdity "That is her strong position."

In her wwds, the strength of the huti Church consists in wrong healed and obstinate adhrence to aburdities which are alleged to follow logically from a false assumption Since the Cathoic Church is not based on the assumption which Mr Heathcote attribute to her, and since he has not proved that anything in Catholic teaching is absurd, his statement is worthless k t t k

MORE TO MR. HEATHCOTES ASSUMPTIONS

From this asumption that the books of the Bible, especially the four Gospels, are supernaturally inspired and infalliby true, the following conclu sions may be drawn: (1) That Jesus of Nazareth was born of a virgin and was God Almighty "

Here again it is Mr, Heathcote who is guilty of the false assumption The claim of Jesus Christ to be God as well as man, and His proof of that claim, are hitorical facts recorded in the four Gospels which are trustworthy historical documents The Divinity of Christ is established by the ordinary rules of historical research, independentlv of the sacred character of the New Testament Books

As for the Virgin Birth, when Mr Heathcote has proved that the Gospels are not reliable historical records nd that Christ did not found an infallible Church to teach His doctrine to men, his position will be a little more logical and reasonable

The same is true of the foundaton of the Church and the Primacy of Peter and his successors, which Mr Heath-

to men It is from the teaching of this infallible Church that we Catholics know that the four Gospels are more than reliable historical documents that they are the inspired word of God as well; that Christ died for the sins of the world-and all the rest of the positive content of Christ's revelation Hitler in order to have his sins forgiven, has only to be washed in the blood of the Lamb"

Again, the logical" Mr Heathcote distorts the issue It is true that the

tained in Scripture, but Catholics do not accept that doctrine as a "conclu sion which can be drawn from the inspired Bible" They accept it as they accept biblical inspiration itself, as a divinely revealed truth taught by the Catholic Church in the name of Christ and with authority received from Christ That must suffice for the present Later I shall comment on other rather peculiar statements made by Mr, Heathcote

'Away with the Roman Church'

"Anti-Catholic," Newtown, N.S W, Roman Catholicism, being a human invention, Ands it necessary to man1pulate the Bible to maintain its position with its adherents"

You must not confuse the product of your own imagination with the Ca thoii hurch as it real.y is, The Catholic Church is composed of human beings, but it is not a purely human invention It was founded by Jesus 'hrit, the Son of God The Gospels how how Christ laid down the constitution of His Church and appointed its ruler' The Acts of the Apostles describe the actual beginning of the Church on Pen.ecost Sunday, His° tory show tht this Church has flourished ever since; Pope Pius XII being the lawful sucessor of St Peter the Apostle in unbroken succession from the time of Christ

It knows that it dare not unmuzzle the consciences of its followers, and so claims the infallible right to interpret the Bible

The Catholic Church claims to be the infallible Teacher of Christ's doctrine and law because Christ Himself endowed her with that prerogative, not because she 'dare not unmuzzle the consciences'of her followers You may not agree with the Catholic posiion, but that de·s not give you the right to distort it h ·v "unmuzd ' your conscience may be It dare not allow criticism or questions,

binee the Catholic Church was founded bv Our Lord as the one authentie teacher of His doctrine she does not allow anyone who questions the truth of that teaching to remain within her fold By the institution of Christ Himself, it is for the Church to decide what is the true teaching of Christ and what is not Ii the Church tolerated views opposed to the Divine Revelation committed to her care by hrist, she would be betraying Her Divine Master If you refuse to accept the teaching of Christ from the Church He founded to teach you you are disloyal to Christ and disobeying His command to "her the Church' You do not quarrel with the Stat for not allowing you to put your own private interpretation on its laws and obliging you to abide by the decisions of the law courts Why then do you q urrel with the Catholic Church, which is the Court established by hrist to teach and interpret His doctrine and law?

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Matthew xvi, 18, is so palpable a manipulation of Scripture that only a Roman Catholic could accept it, Matthew xvi-, 18, which deals with the Primacy of Peter, is a authentic

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text of the Gospel not a "manipulation,'' palpable or otherwise The text and its context show clearly that Christ appointed St Peter as the rock foundation and ruler of His Church It is only by extravagant manipulation of the text that you can avoid its force If you are so scrupulous in your adherence to the Bible why do you reject this text and its obvious meaning, to say nothing of the other scriptural texts which refer to the Church founded by Christ? If you were not so "anti-Scripture'' you would not be so "anti-Catholic."'

"GIBSONIA" BLANKETS

It is so opposed to reason that any thinking person would reject it as treason against the Lord, Fidelity to the explicit teaching of the Son of God is not opposed to reason And it is really difficult to understand how loyalty to the Church which Christ commanded us to obey can be treason against the Lord Christ Our Lord said: "If he will not hear the Church, let him be to thee as the heathen and the publican." Has it ever occurred to vou that those who refuse to accept theChurch founded by Christ are reallv the ones who lav themselves open to the charge of treason?

# ik # # A PRESUMPTUOUS SECT."

The Lord never liked the presumptuous sect, which panders to the superstitious ignorance of moral cowards

I envy you your knowledge of the mind of Godif it really is the mind of God It seems to be that there is here a confusion between the approval and disapproval of God and the likes and dislikes of "Anti-Catholic," Newtown; for the approval or disapproval of God are based on truth not on ignorance and prejudice

Since the atholic Church was as a matter of fact founded by Christ, who promised to be with Hi Church until the end of the world, she must be pleas ing to God. Since she claims only those prerogatives with which Chri owed her, she is not guilty of n Since sh he divi d r of he i ne f up n an lly, ol ice to by C not m e, but coura fidelity im: If. He desired to find men and wome capable of appreciating the right be free, to be dignified sons an daughters of God not dupes to th duplicity of unscrupulous prie

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Thursday, May 23, 1940

tholic Church to teach that truth to men The man who refuses to accept that Church betrays the Master whom he professes to serve Ignorance may save him from the consequences of his act and place him in the same cate gory as the men for whom Our Lord prayed: "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do," # k # OUR LORD'S SACRIFICE.

So-called believers in a vicarious Sacrifice are such moral cowards th t they would degrade God to the level of their own moral cowardice

That His sacrifice was a vicarious sacrifice, a sacrifice offered on our be half, is the explicit teaching of Our Lord Himself. He came to "give His life a redemption for many" (Matt xx, 28); He described Himself as the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for His sheep (John x, 15); on the eve of His death, He said to His Apostles· "This is my Body which is given for you," and 'This is My Blood, which shall be shed for you" (Lukexxii, 19 21). But, despite the express declara tion of the Son of God that His sacrifice was a vicarious sacrifice offered on our behalf to expiate sins we ourselves could not expiate, and to effect a reconciliation with God which we could not accomplish, you presume to call it "moral cowardice" and to condemn those who accept Christ's teachiny as "moral cowards." That is the very height of presumption in one who claims to be a Christin, and lit tle short of blasphemy Yet ironically enough, you accuse Catholics of be ing a "presumptuous Sect" disliked bv the Lord »

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U S Prelate DeclaresEARLY PEACE MIGHT BE A GREATER EVIL THAN CON TINUANCE OF WAR

Washington

The peace lover is in a predicament t day becau: f ondition: that might make an erly peas a gre tr ·vil than th continuance of war, stated Mgr John A Ryan, D.D, director of the social avtion department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference at the No Roman Catholic can be a Chris- NCWC annual conference here tian, for he dare not think for him- Yet if the war continues until one of self the contending parties is decisively deChristian is one who accepts and teated, the only gains might go to follows the teaching of Christ Now Stalin, said Mgr Ryan Catholics possess the full teaching of But a decisive victory by Hitler Christ and are members of the Church would prevent at least for years the which Christ commanded all men to resurrection of Poland, and would enhear and obey Christ did not give sure the continuance of Hitler's campeople freedom to accept or reject His paign for the destruction of ChristianChurch is they please He did not ity in Germany, Austria, Poland and give people permission to select cer- Czechoslovakia," tain items of His teaching as they think He declared that whenever apfit, and to reject others, or to twist proaches are made towards a peaceful His teaching in accordance with the settlement which do not explicitly inprinciple of private judgment No elude such just objectives as the reman is free to tamper with the truth establishment of Poland and Czechoand the teaching of Christ is truth slovakia and the safeguarding of relidown to its last detail You cannot gion, it is imperative for Catholics to profess to be a Christian and yet ithdraw claim the right to flout the Church And no peace arrangements will be which Christ Himself commanded you just and durable which do not leave to obey, the German nation intact and make No Christian could betray his Master some provision for Germany's internaby refusing the freedom He pur- tional economic needs'' chased so dearly He urged active support by the Then vou would be well advised to United States in the establishment of examine your conscience It is the a society, or rather a family, of peotruth revealed by Christ Our Lord that ples, after the cessation of hostilities, sets us free He commisioned the Ca- as has been advocated by the Popes

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I:..;C..ttholic educational circles the preparation of youth for marriage does not hold a prominent place What is chiefly aimed at in the training of youth is to produce a man fitted for his Life's work But ever in the background is the thought-often indeed expressed-that marriage marks the time when the young man ceases to be of interest Henceforth he will be wholly occupied in the vulgar and commonplace job of rearing a family

Hence preparation for marriage is confined to a purely negative aspect of the case All that is needed is that the young man should reach this stage of his Life as unspoilt as possible that he be firmly convinced that the marriage contract is indissoluble, that he should be willing to have several children and to bring them up good Chris tians If these notions are grasped success is supposed to have been at tained For the rest, well, it is his affair

However for him whose vocation it is to marry it is precisely when he is wedded that real life begins And yet this life with all its difficulties, anxieties and its sublimities is of scarcely any interest to over zealous teachers

The youth has ceased to interest and besides being wholly occupied with family duties, he is no longer available for what are called good works"'

Novels usually end at marriage which is just the point where they should begin All Literature, even of the pious sort, with a few exceptions, regards married folk almost as if their own persons would remain their sole occupation and as if their destiny were not an essential function of the collective family destiny

How often has the preparation of this young man been so deficient on the part even of religious teachers, that he feels a certain embarrassment in announcing his matrimonial plans and feels at the moment almost a loss of dignity Should he subsequently consult one of these teachers naturally nothing will be said to him except to warn him to expect the most incredible things in his future state His case is not made to serve as an experience which would help in similar cases in the future, but rather to illustrate the theory that marriage is a thing whose evolution shows it to be very disagreeable Tragic as these misconception: are, there are other people who bruhing aside all difficulties see everything in the future couleud de rose: an attitude of unconsins cruel ty when to him who is most interested, everything looks very black

In this sphere then little has been done It is only posible here to indicate some general directions, Three aspects are worthy of being frankly studied:-

L What marriage will reveal to the young people and about which they can have no previous idea, that is to say, paternal love

2 What is likely to hinder the nor mal development of love in marriage, and the preparation for the life in common

3 What is apt to prevent the building up of the family

What marriage will reveal to the young man and how profoundly it will change his knowledge and understanding of the world.

There are certain things a young man should know beforehand in order that he may make his choice of a partner with great prudence Love, profound though it may be at the moment of choice, offers no guarantee of happiness unless it is controlled by cer tain principles which will prevent it manifesting itself under very bad conditions

AAs yet the young man has no notion of what are the limits of his strength and resistance Two ideas are uppermost in his mind: unlimited confidence n himself: and the idea that things as they are will go on for ever He knows of course that this is not true, but as he has not vet "lived" through it all in a practical way, he will act as we have said Now all this time whether he admits it or not he is under the direct Sway of the most powerful instinct and in the fullness of its youthful vigour the sexual instinct

Whether this instinct be blindly followed, or be controlled or even subl[mated, it remains nevertheless the undamental instinctive force hn a Young man In terms of this instinct whether he yields himself to it or struggles even successfully against it, he

comprehends the present and the future This inevitable colouring of youth by the sexual instinct makes it impossible for the young man to conceive departments of life governed by an other instinctthe paternal instinct

This instinct is the social expression of the former but differs from it The sexual instinct is in itself power, in tensity the affirmation of self the su preme egoism; the paternal instinct is only realised in duration of time and is essentially turned towards others rather than towards oneself

In happy marriages the paternal instinet soon supplants the sexual It recalls this latter from the absolute sway it holds in youth to manifestations of limited significance and transforms love by creating between the periods of its paroxysms a peculiar bond of affection It obliges the father to see henceforth to the praetical ordering of life; it stabilises him along certain lines, causing him to make light of passing difficulties from which he would seek to escape did not his paternal instinct constrain him to follow along these lines It makes the sense of duty and of devotedness to others something human, actual and vital

This attitude was only vaguely admitted during the days of love-making and rarely develops apart from the paternal instinct,

The married couple will now face problems of whose existence they had no suspicion, will experience anxieties and joys which they would never have imagined and will acquire a poise of mind quite different from that whicn they possessed when they became en gaged

The tragedy begins when on reviewing their judgments on each other (the occasion for this inevitably arises) in the light of their newly acquired outlook, they realise the fact that their personalities are incompatible It is tragedy in spite of its attempts at patching up Hence young people should know that they will review their judgment of each other and that the choice should be so surely made that at the moment when their eyes are opened it will not be to look out on a life of misery but to renew again their mutual love and admiration

The young man when he is thinking of marriage is mentally blind He does not know what kind of man he is going to be to-morrow He can, in fact only comprehend to-morrow in terms to to-day Nothing of the future will be foreseen, nor can it be Hence the need there is for him to be enlightened regarding the existence of these problems and to learn from the success or failures of others What must be aimed at is to make young people study the lines on which they are likely to develop in life; so that the marriage may in part at least, escape from being a purely sexual choice but also take into account the probable lives of future development of each partner

To realise the married couple's hopes, goodwill and perfect loyalty at the moment of exchanging vows are not sufficient. In addition it is neessary that each one· be capable of a development in harmony with his or her personality This can only be secured if each of them has some knowledge of their own development. Not by lectures but by persevering, gentle yet thorough preparation the adolescent must be made familiar with the idea of this development and with the signs of it, so that when the change does take place it will but confirm the choice made in the beginning

In this matter the question of fidel ity is often considered paramount However, important as it certainly is, it is only a consequence There are married couples, exemplary in the matter of fidelity where the parties are more separated from each other by their personalities developing on lines different from what they were at the moment of choice, than they would be by all manner of infidelities

The preparation of the adolescent for marriage must not have fidelity as its exclusive object. This is something negative Fidelity can be taken for granted if the way for true union of hearts has been well prepared Where perfect union does not exist fidelity remains onl a consolation

SODALISTS URGED TO STUDY POINTS THAT INVALIDATE MARRIAGE

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In this connection instruction should naturally be imparted by a layman the head of the family The priest has not had the experience of being head of the family Too often he is inclined to expound a view of life in which the sexual instinct plays too big a part,

The aim then must be to instruct the adolescent in those problems of life with which he himself will have to deal at a time when his life will be so fixed that it can not be modified He must be fitted to solve to the best of his ability the crucial problems of choosing well his partner for life II

Preparation for the Life in Common.

It is clear that marriage will disclose an unsuspected element which will profoundly change the attitude of the young couple to life, This is the parental instinct Hence we have seen, that youth must be forewarned so that when this change of outlook comes there will be no disillusionment, no regret of the choice made no having to admit the choice was ill considered Now it is obvious that the choice can be still further safeguarded by a knowledge of certain things which are intimately connected with the life a' deux No doubt solid virtue will always be the best guarantee, but the lives of the saints themselves show that youth is but rarely the age of sufficiently strong virtue

Though love can be conceived and even described in terms of altruism, it is after all a selfish emotion It pos° sesses in germ the power of reaching forth to the love of others The parental instinct will greatly assist in this direction, But it remains true that the most unselfish souls, in spite of their good will, their intentions and the promises they make to themselves, have in spite of themselves a subconscious hope that love will bring them a happiness peculiarly their own though later on it will be shared with others And this selfish element in love, which is an impediment to its true development, will but rarely be acknowledged as selfish. It will be camouflaged in various ways

There is first of all a +-+ to be rointed out Love is an instinct, a force which nature makes use of to bring about the continuation of the species, Now no matter what qualities the lovers possess they are living under the fascination of love Their hope is, however much they may deny it, tha their marriage will have as its supreme effect to keep them in that magic atmosphere wherein happiness is bestowed free gratis and for nothing Marriage, however, brings with it a readjustment to reality The pair discover after marriage that the easy settling down to a state of protracted happiness, on which they counted is not to be realised They find that happiness, after as before marriage, is some thing in which personality counts a great deal it is something to be achieved each day

This is a situation which they have to face up to, The young man must learn that the courage, abnegation and renunciation of self, every thing that makes life as it is, hard to accept, will not cease to be necessary to him in spite of all that the magic of love will whisper to himto him and his spouse He has to learn that the only things of importance are precisely those moral qualities which for a time he thought he could dispense with and of which love would take the place He must learn that notwithstanding his denials, he still entertains the hope of escaping the common lot but will never escape it that he will show weakness, feel discouragement, and at times be tempted to rebel against his fate He must realise that solid virtues alone will enable him to attain his full development And these virtues must be found in both partners

Hence the preparation for marriage must make provision for the re-adjustment to reality which necessarily follows it. If this takes place blindly it will be felt as a bitter disillusionment and end by casting the blame, either openly or in secret, on the other party for all that happens The condition for success in this re-adjustment is mutual esteem An esteem which is part and parcel of life itself Youth, and indeed childhood, is the age at which faith in mankind in general should be acquired Youth should be taught to appreciate man's strug gles, to see the good faith that lies beneath his imperfections, and to admire his efforts towards the ideal despite all obstacles It is the time when youth should learn how to forgive, But too often childhood and youth are passed listening to contemptible gossip about

A study of points invalidating marriage is recommended to Sodalists by The Queen's Work" here, national headquarters of the Sodality movement The suggestion reads, in part: While no true Sodalist would ever rush into marriage because he (or she) knows the importance of the contract and the sacramental nature of Catholic marriage, still there is a trend in this superficial and nerve-strained age (brought about by economic social and other conditions, and by the warlike air which we breathe) which might lead Sodalists to overlook the essential requirements for validity of the marriage bond A study of those things which would invalidate a marriage therefore, should prove helpful to all Sodalists"

men and women How many young people, as they enter matrimony, find themselves hoping that their partners will not be just like the rest And when the first difficulty comes along the thought will arise: he or she is just the same as the others It is not only licentious literature which is responsible for errors of judgment in this matter

There is need of a change of outlook on the part of many ecclesiastics and religious teachers regarding this preparation for marriage How many spiritual directors feel themselves constrained to ridicule love and women in order to protect the virtue of a young man? And how many religious teachers to safeguard the soul of a young girl will describe love and young men in most repulsive terms Words which usually have no other effect than to produce bitter fruit at the time of re-adjustment which on their account is made difficult if not impossible Confidence in the loyalty of his fellow men should be natural for youth apart from the glamour and enchantment of love It is impossible for a man to believe in th loyalty of a particular woman if he believes women are incapable of lovltv, The converse is, of course, also true And what of those ideas about the inferiority of women or the contempt in which they should be held? Does there exist a normal woman who could live happily with a man in whose sight, even if she does manage him, she is but an inferior creature? Many men believe this possible In like manner is it possible for a man to be happy with a woman who has a contempt for men in general Many women believe it can be done Re-adjustment is also impossible where marriage has been conceived as an affair which when accomolished demands no further effort to wards the adaptation of the parties to each other,

The young man is not sufficiently aware of the fact that the object of his love is not any more than he himself is a creature fully formed once for all The beloved in fact is constantly changing, renewing herself, reacting enriching or impoverishing herself makes advances, is coy, is saucy, weeps for pardon, is in raptures, yields herself in sacrifice, withdraws into herself, is silent,

The beloved one in a state of unceasing change and the conditions of love are being constantly modified A fixed tate of equilibrium is never to be had. Youth must learn that his or her life ompanion will not remain such as they were when the first meetings took place ll efforts to force them to remain as they were will be in vain Human ve is something in constant flux it is a force which does not find itself or enew tself except in thi flux To re:lise this and t enjoy it demands vigilance, sacrifice and stability. Human love is a passion unceasingly pursuing its object Marriage does not make this object something static

The sexual side undoubtedly plays a large part in this mutual pursuit and in the constant effort to establish equilibrium, but it soon appears as a secondary agent, For the complete personalitv seeks a more harmonious whole Unfortunatelv the evolution of love is subject to many vicissitudes, It depends upon the moral and intelleetual endowment of the partners, on the differences existing between them, and their success or failure in overcoming difficulties on their temperament culture, education and powers of adapting themselves Difference in religion is often mentioned in this con nection It is a matter of supreme importance Religious quarrels are frequently only the crystallisation of little differences around two points of view that are irreconcilable If these had not had something to hang on to in the way of an opposition, absolute by its very nature es religious differFIVE

ences are, they would have been quite easily smoothed out Youth has no suspicion when marrying a person with no religion, or of a different one, that in all probability the necessary loyalty and discernment will not be present to prevent making a serious religious quarrel out of something that at any moment may arise to hurt the personalities Nor is there any suspicion that moral separation may establish itself in the home under the plausible reasons of religious differences Histories of infinite sadness

It is also to be noticed that in many cases where legal security protects the desire for independence on one side or the other, the effort towards adaptation soon cea :s Indifference takes the place of anxiety, a laisser aller supplants kindly forethought The story of almost all marriages told in literature is the story of divisions and aversions, The true story of two beings who have succeeded in attaining the perfection of this life in common has vet to be told In this connection young people should be trained to eschew that pecu7srrs

liar mentality which may have been ace quired from companions or perhaps more frequently from professors at College or religious teachers This mentality emphasises greatly the gravity of the faults of others and the difficulty ny the impossibility in certain cases of granting pardon It is only by a real humble knowledge of himself that the young man can realise the sincertv of those around him

Union of hearts can never exist where the uncompromising attitude of nc or the other makes sinceritv impossible Every fault should be regarded as one it is possible to forgive end to forget

No need to treat here of the hopeless failure at readjustment on the part of those brought up in a pleasure seeking and selfish way The only chance for happiness in common is found in the total sacrifice for the other party-a sacrifice such people are too selfish even to gues at, For most of us to love anyone is to sacrifice oneself fr the beloved More disquieting is it th t often the voung man or woman at the time of

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marriage is not sufficiently weaned from the parental milieu and is unaware of the fact This condition is found in certain young people who have led sheltered lives and are really virtuous from certain points of view They have grown up family parasites and on this account are unconsciously ut terribly selfish It is a condition found in other spoilt, capricious and pleasure seeking youth whose selfish waywardness has been covered up by the home atmosphere or even by the sacrifices of the family Young men and women of this type will never have courage For them marriage quickly becomes for the one an affair of toilets and make up, for the other, a matter of good eating and an armchair Spouses of this kind allow themselves to be loved with a parental love apart from the love of husband or wife Conjugal love which obviousy is not and cannot be parental love, appears to them too weak or less generous than it should be In the case of such young people marriage only adds the sexual to the general parasitism already developed in the parental home Terrible illusions follow from this and t is only natural that the parents hav mg caused the elements of conflict should aggravate it, How many men are secretly annoyed with their wives for not providing meals like their mother us d to do or for not coddling them in a motherly way And this is but one aspect of an attitude that goes very deep Young people must learn and must be for a long time po: se: sed of this idea that marria does not mean to receive mor th;an the family gave, but does mean t give and to make ne lf the sour h ppine to others

Every concept of marriage that i merely romantic, ·nsuous, utilitarian or selfish, ev ry inability for real renunciation opens the way to errors of judgment re; rding the character of the other party and accounts for all kinds of reaction.

Youth must learn that in spite of good intentions, it is normal, inevitable nd, one might say, necessary that the choice to be made will b conditioned by a xual factor The important thing i: to know I that the turmoil which is experienced wing to this very factor and which appear as a period of happine ) is in reality a minor matter and h n ignifian whatever a a gaug or gurante of future happi nes or of a state :apable f continuin indefinitely To know also that the nstinctiv ·motion perceived under the force of love ha. no chance of urviving and ot dveloping together with the per· nalitie f the partners unl along with physical attraction there exit on both ides intellectuI and moral qualitie which do not exist merely in word or in theory or in future promise but in actual fact and tangibility.

They must learn that the e qualities mut not be confounded with simple charms'' and th:t a certain super ficial education neglectful of real hu man values, tends to expose the yung pr n to found his choice too exclusively on the emotions without paying sufficient attention to the moral value of the person exciting them

The time of courting is too ofen confined to exciting mutual desire and it precisely n these conditions that ove is blind. But what is here called love is a sort of physiological condition, blind and instinctive to the last degree It is before blindness descends upon them tht the young people should make their choice

We have but touched upon the difterent aspects which make up the problem of giving a social and family character to an emotion absolutely without direction, which is called love In this business the partners can up to a certain point make compensation for the hortcomings of each other but the esvential effort at re-adjustment must come from each one

The chances of success rest entirely on the ability of each one to impose voluntarily on themselves a habit of life in harmony with realitv Realitv here is the other partner Before marriage real ty meant parents friends and occupation And the object of tenderness, which in love is called the only reality, will remain a dream until the life a deux has definitely begun

EXTERNAL CONDITIONS

Certain facts may at a given moment be revealed which nullifv the best of dispositions. That is to say that the physical condition of the parties must be taken into account There is an essential matter to be considered which is but too often neglected, It is that every individual has a familv tree. This has its own intellectual moral and physical characteristics These are different aspects under which the common herit age manifests itself

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From the physical standpoint, young people should be sufficiently acquaint ed with this law of heredity to know that if they espouse one with a tainted lineage (say with tuberculosis for example) it means probably to bring intc the home chronic disease The spouse first and then the children may be af feted The husband eventually is no longer able to earn his living The wife is unable for the work of this household, much less for the burdens of pregnacy

Young people should make themselves fully tcquainted not only regarding certain diseases but above all of the danger of introducing these into his home through marriage Not only should the young man refuse to give his consent in giving it, but he should be able to renounce of his own accord all idea of marrying or at least submit to the dvice of the family doctor The same, of course, applies to the young woman There is also the question of mental defects Sometimes these manifest themselve as mental diorder and are easily recognised at other they appear as types that are characteristic, but not easily diagnosed, Young people often ignore and negleet this question They forget that mental heredity manifests itself as inevitably eredity Without underta udie they should l t rental defects are mit 'n in certain proions a the beall n n ot le r on u y But mp thy ts t: l of demeanour

Later on after d the plightin f wi re: hem uti w rt be te ng ex n dition: the effect of a ce o ci ren in th home should be studied The ab nce of children for whose advent everything had been planned, will cause the married life to get out of step for years. The union of hearts and the re-djustment of reality, of which we have spoken, by the very condi tions created, will be completely at fault. A the life in the home goe on it must know many years of sel fishness in both parties It will de mand many peculiar virtues and very difficult adjustments. Occasionally uccess is met with; as a rule defeat overtakes the parties It ends by each one leading a life apart tr

CONCLUSIONS

The preparation of youth for marriage should keep in view two distinct objects On the one hand it should take in hand to enlighten the young on the real nature of married life, on the deepening of personality that will ensue on the change of outlook that the parental instinct will bring about and see to it that the ideas of vouth accord with realitv On the other hand young people should be made aware of the pitfalls of the life in common of their probble shortcomings, of the need for give and take, etc So that eventually the re-adjustment to reality which marriage entails will mean a loser union of hearts not a visibl or invisible 'paration.

Th·se line· do not ffer a solution to all the problms of mari They only indicate these problems and can at mot be taken a the outline of a pro gramme

(Report presented to the 6th Catholic Congress of Malines: Section IV The Family.)

Russell is a Creature OF A CLIQUE· OF DICTATORS

He is Decent

Being Forced Upon the People of New York

JOHN P DELANEY, in America."

ERTRAND RUSSELL believes

Bthat a teacher is "entitled to his opinions whatever they are " Which of course, is sheer nonsense if it means that a man is morally tree to think whatever he will A man is no more free to think murder than to commit murder Every man is as much responsible for the rectitude of his thoughts as for the rectitude of his actions. no less obliged to think according to the truth than to act according to the truth

What Russell means to say is that, even if a man in spite of his intellect holds stupid, silly or vicious opinions, the government may not take oppressive means to interfere with the processes or direction of his thoughts, that no man may undertake to beat sense into his head o GRANTED FREEDOM OF SPEECH

In that sense every teacher, as every man, is entitled to "his own opinions whatever they are" Is he also entitled to a free expression of those opinions? In general, the answer is yes man is free to speak what he thinks, even to speak what he does not think but in speaking there are a few things he must bear in mind

1 No other man cin be obliged to listen to him when he speaks, Equally important as freedom of speech is the freedom to listen or not to listen;

2 The State must be allowed to take precautions to guard itself and the people from possible dangerous consequences of ill-considered speech You may hold if you will that according to our constitutional guarantee of free speech anyone at all may hire a hall and preach even the violent overthrow of the government, anarchy treason sedition th need of scrapping the Constitution, the superiority of Nazism and Communim over Democracy Yet, however far you extend your doctrine of free speech, you still must admit that, while allowing a man so to unburden his soul, the State may and must say to the free-speaker: Speak as you wish but if you talk in such a way as to undermine the foundations of American democracy, you will be punished for so doing;

3 Once a man has given voice to his opinions, he must expect to be judged by them, to bear not only possible legal consequences, but also practical social consequences If a man advocates perversion, he must not com plin if he is not invited to decent homes If a man preaches riches through robbery, he must not rant of academic freedom when he is denied access to his neighbour's safe deposit vault

A teacher who advocates principles that are at once repulsive to Christian decency and dangerous to democracy must not expect to be favourably considered by parents in search of a tutor for their children Academic freedom does not oblige parents to listen to any drivel that a man wishes to expound; nor does it oblige them to expose their children to what they consider dangerous influences; nor does it relieve them of the obligation of weighing seriously the qualications of prospective teachers. Academic freedom does not oblige taxpayers to pay for the dissemination of ideas that are the antithesis of all they hold dear Academic freedom does not oblige the government to open public American schools to men who are opposed to American ideals The Government must protect not only the actual government but the foundations on which it is built • PARENTS HAVE PRIOR RIGHTS

The rights and duties of parents are undamental in our American system The family comes before the State The family has rights with which no State may interfere The State exists for the individual, not the individual for the State Hitler and Stalin work on the theory that man is a slave of the State, that children belong to the State They carry out this theory by an absolute State control of education Parents have no voice in the matter Children are taught what and by whom the State decrees

But that, thank God, is in Russia and Germany. In the United States, we do not and cannot subscribe to the theory that the child belongs to the man who is the State We still maintain that parents have prior right that it is the parents' privilege and duty to see to their children's education We still hold that parents have the final say in the selection of teachers for their children They have not only the right but the duty to protest when officials, who are appointed to represent parents select teachers whom parents deem unfit or dangerous • POWER OF SOME LITTLE DICTATORS

That, perhaps, is the ost fundamental point at issue in the present discussion Is education in New York or anywhere in the United States to be controlled by a small dictatorial clique, or by parents and taxpayers? For a long time parents have been careless almost sinfully heedless of what is going on in our public schools. They have been allowing boards of varied hues to appoint whom they will But slowly the feeling has been growing vaguely at first but with increasing distinctnessthat all is not well with education, that there is something radtcally amiss with the type of education offered and too often with the type of educator offering it

The Russell appointment has merely served to vocalise this growing resentment American parents of all creeds believe in democracy They believe with their President that democracy is grounded on religion, They believe in Christian decency The dictatorial clique controlling education in New York City has appointed to the chair of philosophy a man who is a professed opponent of religion; a man who, while voicing love for democracy, is striving to undermine the foundations of democracy, the dignity of the individual and the sanctity of the fam ilv; a man who is a theorist, at least, of free love, youthful promiscuity, marital infidelity And suddenly, unexpectedly, the parents of New York have risen in protest

• MUST NEW YORK

TAKE RUSSELL?

Whose must be the deciding voice?

The voice of parents and taxpayers or the voice of a clique that makes mockery of the rights of parents, and takes refuge in such meaningless phrases as "clerical domination academic freedom persecution of a brilliant man daring to think unpopular thoughts"

''Academic freedom" may give Professor Russell the right to think as he pleases, to give free expression to his thoughts but it does not oblige the parents and taxpayers of the City to give him a free sounding board for his ideas

It does not oblige the parents of New York to pay homage to his strange views by granting him a position of honour and a comfortable salary in a college supported by the City

It is one thing to allow Russell or anyone else academic freedom; it is something else to force the parents of New York to canonise publicly ideas that they detest

And the appointment of Russell is, in reality, a canoniation of those views with which his name and fame are synonymous Academic freedom for Mr Russell or for anyone else does not take away from parents their right to judge the qualifications of their children's teachers

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RUSSELL AND HIS PRIVATE VIEWS

Very definitely, a mans moral life and moral views are an essential part of his qualifications, whatever be the subject he undertakes to teach, No one has yet explained how Russell can honestly and sincerely teach philosophy if he is to avoid teaching his objectionable views on living But even were he only to teach mathematies or even ping-pong, as a teacher he either plays a part in the character formation of his pupils or he is less than half a teacher, and disqualified on that score His personality, his views, his principles are all part of what he imparts to those in his class

Any teacher is considered to hold a sacred trust He stands in the place

of parents He has in his care young hearts and young minds, hero-worshipping, easily impressed, indelibly impressionable

Especially in the case of Mr Russell, it is rather ridiculous to speak of his "private views'' The views and opinions which render him unfit to teach in a bublieschoolare not private views They are as public as his own not inconsiderable propaganda powers and a worldwide press can make them He stands before the world as prophet and symbol of a return to pagan morality And his elevation to a post of dignity n our educational system, especially over the protest of parents, will be a glorification, an official act of public approbation of the pagan philosophy of which he is high priest, an official denial of the first principles of democracy American parents simply will not countenance this

The New York fight is a countrywide fight It is a fight for decent principles of education. Russell was appointed quietly in a meeting that forced the resignation of a gentleman "who did not agree with our philosophy of teaching." The appointment was confirmed over the protest of parents and taxpayers The case is now before the courts

If necessary, this issue will be fought even beyond the courts. And if everything else should fail, there will be the final recourse to the ballot little more than a year from now New York is definitely and perseveringly aroused !

is obviously a very ignorant fellow, and as an Irish Catholic his views are perhaps prejudiced '' These words were spoken (New York World-Telegram," April 2) by an English Earl, ostracised by decent Englishmen, battening on American hospitality and faddishness against a New York Supreme Court Justice, with a distinguished record of

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service and elected by the votes of the people Bertrand Russell stands convicted of an uncouth and vicious attack on the American judiciary He is guilty of fomenting racial and religious discord Every Irishman in the United States has a case against this alien in our midst Every Catholic in the United States must condemn this professor of immorality and irreligion, We now know more about the views of Bertrand Russell and about how fit he is to be a professor at the College of the City of New York, an institution wholly supported by public taxation Who is this "ignorant fellow," this prejudiced Irish Catholic?

John E McGeehan was graduated from the College of St Francis Xavier, New York in 1908 He was an honour student, and class valedictorian In 1912, he received the degree of LL,B from Fordham University An in 1927, he was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws He was named a city magistrate by the Fusion Mayor, John Purroy Mitchell was elected Justice of New York City Courts, was elected District Attorney of Bronx County, where he served with a magnificent record for seven years, and in 1930 was elected Justice of the Supreme Court of New York State

This ignorant fellow" reads Homer in the original Greek, and enjoys Hor ace and Cicero in the original Latin His home is a library, for he is a prolific reader He rates among the best as an authority on law, and his decisions are regarded as final He holds the esteem of his fellow judges and lawyers as a scholar and a man He is an American, born in New York, a virile and a staunch American He is a Catholic, a quiet yet a most observant Catholic He lives his religion in mind and soul Never once, in his private life or in his public career, has he been charged with religious or racial prejudice Well over six feet in height, brimming with wit and kindliness, keen in mind and brilliant in scholarship, respected for his courage and honesty, he is sneered at by the dessicated, divorced and decadent advocate of sexual promiscuity Give us the pure and honourable American jurist, Judge McGeehan ! Bertrand Russell now indoctrinating the students at the University of California, is invited to emancipate those

of Harvard University The students are to be indoctrinated by his libertarian rules for loose living in matters of sex and promiscuous love and vagrant marriage

Mr Russell has pity for the students because they are being deprived of him as a teacher, Because "I, Bertrand Russell," am being barred from City College he says in effect the students are penalised: "Their liberties are threatened, their intelligence insulted, the power of discrimination is denied them bv those who would treat them as infants and imbeciles" His effrontery is superb

Mr Russell further elaborates his views when he states that five issues were involved in the taxpayers suit against his employment by the people of New York We quote his questions; but substitute in parenthesis the changes we would suggest in his questions:

'Shall organised religion (pagan immoralitv) intrude in state education?

"Shall any orthodoxy (corrupting individual) have power to impose its (his) dogmas on others?

"Shall religious beliefs (pseudo-scientifie theories) be considered more important than scientific knowledge (religious convictions)?

Shall public positions be open only to those who surrender (who have betraved) their minds and consciences?

''Shall colleges teach dogmas (practices that violate the natural and the civil law of the United States) or the habit of scientific thought?"

No, Bertrand Russell, judging you scientifically, we donot desire you as a teacher of the young men and young women of the United States Yes, Earl Russell, we shall be delighted to hear that you will be voyaging back to your native country, even though England does not want you back

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Everyman His Own Pope Or The Pope For Everyman

By BERTRAND WEAVER, CP,, in "America"

THERE are about eight hundred million Christians in the world, more than one-third of the human race And this third, by a general comparison with the two-thirds that are not Christian, has a notable superiority from the standpoint of educational and cultural opportunity Yet the spirit of the press the tone of publie life, the attitude of governments, remain amazingly non-Christian

A leading Protestant indicated the reason for this, when at the Second World Conference on Faith and Order held at Edinburgh, in August, 1936, he declared that the weakness of Christianity sprang from calling men to worship at rival shrines.' These are the words of the Anglican Archbishop of York, and he became more explicit when he said that "if it was true that in its deepest nature the Church was always one, it was also true that today it was the so-called churches,' rather than any forces of the secular world which prevented that unity from being manifest and effective" Re cognising this salient fact, the World Conference having attempted without success, to draft a common doctrine for Christianity, unanimously approved an affirmation, in which it was stated: 'We humbly acknowledge our divisions are contrary to the will of Christ, and we pray God for unity''

In America, the Episcopalian Bishop William T Manning, after stating that "the Christian gospel was never more needed in this world," admitted that the Christian church stands with its witnesses weakened and its message confused by the differences and divisions among Christians." Bishop Manning has called the disunion between Protestantism and Catholicism sinful ' We need all of us to realise" he declared in a sermon, "the sin of disunion, not only its practical disad vantages, its waste and its loss, but its sin"

Private Judgment or Infallible Doctrine

Some of the leading Protestants mn the world talk thus of the reunion of Christians while ignoring the one factor which onlv the unre: listic would be expected to ignore Reunion is a question of doctrinal agreement and e\"ery I seeker after reunion must crept as a fundamental asumption that the most preposterous of all visionary dreams to four hundred million Catholics is that the Supreme Pontiff could or would re-

linquish the smallest part of his infallible teaching authority I use the world "would" disjunctively because, even allowing the impossible hypothesis that the successor to Saint Peter were in a position to compromise on matters of doctrine to do so would be to meet confusion with chaos

There are but two ways of looking at doctrine You either accept it on authority or you accept it as a conclusion reached privately It is only sensible to judge these methods by their iruits The first has given us the spectacle of a cohesive unity in doctrine of four hundred million persons In view of the universal tendency of mankind to disagree on political economic social and, above all, religious quetions, this unity must be regarded as the most striking phenomenon in the history of the race a phenomenon out side the order of nature

Chaotic Disunion Where All Are Teachers

Private judgment, on the other hand, has resulted in the existence of countless warring and contradictory 'churches" When a Modernist, like Dr Fosdick, warns "confused souls" against authoritarian" religion, and a Lutheran like Dr Moldenke of New York, states that the Catholic Church "binds the consciences of its subjects," while "Protestants are bound only by the Bible," they always fail to show just what advantages there are in a religion that lacks authority or in a church that does not bind the consciences of its subjects A church that has no authority over its subjects i not so much a church as a club, Dr Fosdick and Dr Moldenke implicitly admit that they speak with no more authority than those who sit in the pews before them, Do Protestant generally realis that their ministers are passing on to them, not an authoritative statement of the Christian Revelation, but their own private 0pmons regarding it?

The reductio ad aburdum pr vate judgment is seen in an rtici by Albert C Dieffenbach in th Boston "Evening Transcript" entitled "What Do You Mean, the Church?" The writer is objecting to the following remarkable statement t ·ditor of Fortune":

There is only one way out of the spiral The way out is the sound of a voice, ot our voice, but a voice coming from something outside ourselves, in the existence oi which we cannot disbelieve It is the earth! task of the pastors to hear this voice, to cause us laymen to hear it, or if they fail to tell us, we, as laymen, are utterly lost Without it we are no more capable of re-creating the world than we were capable of creating it in the first place

To this, Dr Dieffenbach rejoins with something that sounds like a Protestant lay manifesto:

That position would be understood and accepted, it may be, by Catho hies; but in Protestant churches, the laity quite as much as the ministry is the church, is of the "priesthood of all believers," and all these are brethren equal in station and under no pastoral authority Prtestantism is a religion of th laity The Protestant church is the layman much more than it i th minister No Protestant even Dr Manning, :gitimate deduction re of private judgmer n Dr Man ning specificall here s one church which retains the semblance of authority, it is the group loosely gathered under the name An:lin or Episcopal, That the Episcopal Church is founded on private jud t i evident in its public controver on doctrinal matter' The ju ts may be in sense those of ps, but they a :hos of individ bishops It is p ible, for instance, in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, for a cl who believe in the Real P, i Our Lord in the Holy Euch :. mmunion at the h who doe not belie·ve in

The Churches Have Abandoned Doctrine

To what a disastrous extent private judgment ha: watered down the doctrinal content of the Church of England wus brought out graphically by the famou: report on doctrine which after having been in proces of preparation for fifteen year, was finally formulated in January, 1938 On the questions whether the Virgin Birth is fact of myth, whether or not Our Lord's tomb was empty on Easter Day, and whether the Gospel miracles should be taken as hitory or imagery, there was such a conflict of opinion in the commission that the report did not even suggest an answer It required several months for the Anglo-Catholics to adjust their minds to this staggering revelation of the state of belief in the Church of England When they had done so, they issued a manifesto in which it was stated:

The report itself witnesses to the serious errors prevalent among us and bears unconscious testimony to the gravity of the present situation by the complacency with which it regards them Further, the report reflects the present trend of opinion by its general lack of reference to the authority and judgment of the church as a whole and by its constant appeal to speculative thought rather than to Revelation as a criterion in matters of faith Our greatest concern is with the liberty claimed by some accredited teachers to treat as open questions articles of faith universally received by the church, a liberty carried to such a degree of license as to amount in certain cases to virtual denial of the Godhead of Our Lord,"

One would suppose that the results of four centuries of tug-of-war with the Bible which has left only shreds of truth among the "churches," would have convinced those who hold the theory of private judgment of its absolute unworkability That this theory is working toward the destruction of Christianity among non-Catholic Christians is evident to anyone who observes the spirit of indifference to all belief growing among Protestants

No Protestant is startled when a man like Dr Charles M Shelaon, author of the best-seller, "In His Steps," states: "Religion, as I have understood it, s simply putting the teachings of Christ to work in every part of life It is not greatly concerned any more with theological and doctrinal definitions To-day, it is

Thursday, May 23, 1940

Be United

applying itself practically in human welfare" It is curious that, in this repudiation of doctrine, two fundamental doctrines are involved: the answer to Our Lord's own question: What think ye of Christ?; and What is the nature of man?

A Babel ot Voices Drowns the Voice ot Christ

This unchallenged declaration by Dr Sheldon reveals strikingly that nonCatholic Christianity, to a great extent has become nothing more than a vague humanitarianism There is more and more airy talk about human welfare among non-Catholic Christians as though humanitarianism were a monopoly of Christianity, When this zeal for the social betterment of his fellow men is the sum of a man's Christianity he should be reminded courteously that it is something he has in common with many atheists and agnostics One of the greatest needs to-day is emphasis on the fact that conduct depends upon dogma No one has the right to speak of an ethical code unless he bases that code upon a creed Christian ethics depend for their validity on Christian doctrine

The impossibility for an individual Christian to get anything like a wide hearing for Christianity is illustrated by the reception accorded to the recent book by T S Eliot, "The Idea of a Christian Society"

Mr Howard Mumford Jones, speaking of the vagueness of the author's argumentation, says that if Mr Eliot "does not want to impose upon the state the authority of a set of Christian categories, he is forced to come out precisely where the liberals come out whom he condemns Strip off his ambiguities, and his essays are a plea for moral betterment" And would Mr Eliot be +o rash as to attempt to offer the authority of his set of Christion categories?

Ralph Thompson, in a criticism of the book in the New York "Times," ridicules Mr Eliot's thesis as being subjective: 'Either we follow Mr Eliot's special convictions," he says ronically, or we are literally and eternally doomed."' Would these critics say that a Papal Encyclical offers no solutions but those proposed by liberals, or that it contains the subjective interpretation of the Pope? Mr Eliots book must of necessity resolve itself nto a kind of Protestant encyclical As such it can contain nothing mote authoritative than the personal opinion of an individual

If all Christians, who constitute so large a proportion of the world's popu lation, knew and were able to give expression to a coherent body of articles of b·lief, we should not have to endure this liberalistic scoffing at the idea of a Christian society No wonder they ask· "Why not still another alterrtivefor example, a Mohammedan society or a Buddhist society?"

The discordant voices of the "churches" have made it almost impossible for the world to hear the Voice of Christ This one evil result carries with it sufficient condemnation of that private judgment which is the root of this scandalous Babel

The Movement Toward Reunion

In December 1935 twenty-nine leadng Episcopalians, all but eight of them clergymen, caused a storm of controversy in the Protestant Episcopal Church by making an appeal to the Episcopal ministry for reunion with the Catholic Church They declared:

"Protestantism, once the religion of by far the greater part of the American people is bankrupt ethically culturally, morally, and religiously Its driving force, negative at best, has exhausted itself, and it has ceased to attract or inspire The forces of the day have proved too strong for Pro. testantism, and it is disintegrating rapidly At home and abroad the children of God are saddened and weakened by war, by race and class hatred, by capitalistiv oppression and by proletarian revenge, by rampant nationalism and by a thousand other evils characteristic of a materialistic and irreligious age the products of heresy and schism, the negations of Catholic ethics and philosophy

Only in the irresistible strength of a divinely appointed unity can the inherent power of Catholic Christianity prevail against them The brunt of the anti-Christian attack falls on Rome for the enemv knows well where the centre of Christianity lies It is time for all Christians to see what the enem· sees so clearly, and be prepared to rally around Rome as the centre of resistance against the anti-Christian attack

"We must allow nothing to obscure the salient fact that Rome has been the centre and heart of Christendom ever

Since the days of the Holy Apostles 'o Lambeth Conferences have asserte« that we cannot think of reunion

Inwithout Rome nor can a Catholic Christian contemplate any other issue

''The conversion of the world depends upon the visible unity of the Church of God for Our Blessed Lord prayed That they all may be onethat the world may believe,' and He provided the means for the maintenance of this unity by the appointment of a visible Head of the visible Bodv: 'Thou are Peter, and upon this Rock I will build My Church' "History has shown that separation from this centre of unity has always led the separated into further schisms. Reunion with it must result in the healing of all divisions"

In commenting on this plea, the "Living Church,'' a Protestant weekly periodical, described it as a tragedy" which should be repudiated To the Rev Karl Reiland's comment that "the appeal was neither interesting nor important and they will get over it," the Church Unity Octave Council, the group which issued the plea, replied:

In view of the fact that the appeal has but one basis, the will of the Divine founder of the Christian Church, and but one object, the ful filment of that Divine will, it seems rather beside the point to state that it is neither interesting nor important,' It would be rather difficult from a Christian standpoint to discover anything more 'interesting' or more 'important' than the mind of Jesus Christ Ii by they will get over it' the author intends to imply the Catholic-minded Episcopalians will 'get over' the burning desire for reunion or will cease to pray and work for it, he is sadly lacking in knowledge of the subject and oi the men who compose the so-called Anglo-Catholic party."

The movement for reunion is even stronger in the Church of England A few years ago there was presented for reading at the Church Assembly a document which stated:

'We are exactly 1,016 clergymen who have in these last eight years subscribed to the faith of the Council of Trent and pledged ourseves to preach it in our parishes Morecver, some 2,000 others are in sympathy with our aims and join us every year with their parishioners in a novcna for the return of th nglicr. Church to the Papacy "

Weighing carefully every word, one is merely stating a fact when he contends that the present complacency f Christians in the face of a disunited and weakened Christianity is a betrayal of Christ One-third of the human race, entrusted by Christ with all necessary means for combating error and immorality of every nature, stand in their factions, disunited and disarrayed be fore the corruption of capitalism, the inhumanity and godlessness of dictatorial political schemeswhich are worse than the diseases they pretend to cure -and a general breakdown of moral standards a breakdown that has led to the cancerous spread of private sin and public crime to autocracy in governments, to racial and national hatreds, and to the frightful curse of a world war

Only One Church Has the Right to Teach

The acceptance of the authority of the Pope has been called a remedy too absurdly simple for the cure of a complex and partly emotional disunity Disunity is, indeed, far more an emotional than a reasonable situation But what emotion, working toward disunion can be as powerful in the heart of any man or woman worthy of Christ as the desire to see Him triumph in a world that has an utter need for Him, a world to which He wants to give Himself? And He will not give Himself except through His Church, Private judgment has failed It is directly responsible for the present weakened state of Christianity It has dampened the fire that Christ said He came to spread upon the earth, It has given rise to hundreds of "churches'' that speak, but speak without authority, "churches'' in which those who claim to teach, teach with contradictory voices

In this world crisis, it is the most evi dent dutv of all advocates of private judgment to examine, without prejudice, the only possible alternative: the acceptnce of infallible authority

There is the most urgent need for an examination of the claims of that Curch, which for nineteen centuries has taught the Christian Revelation without change or error, that Church, which, to use the words of the Archbishop of York more than any other has known how to speak to the nations so that the nations heard"

This is the only way in which the Will of Christ, "that they all may be one," can be tulflled This is for eight hundred million people the manifest Will of God

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SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR THE UNMARRIED ELDERLY WOMAN

Sir,Social Justice aims that I read in your paper, shows no concern for the unmarried elderly woman There are numbers of them (blame the last war), and this terrible war will swell that number to a tragic extent The UEW is no parasite, nearly always has to help support parents, sisters or brothers and their children, and instead of receiving a pension at 55 she has to take any work she can get, and the hardest of domestic slavery jobs come her way Domestic slavery in most homes means extra work and hours on Sundays; the worker finds she has no time for religious observance Surely every human being has the right to sufficient leisure to study the New Testament and gain comfort by the promises contained therein That cannot be done by hurried reading bebefore retiring after a long trying day Time for ''meditation' does not exist in the world to-day, and it s so necessary, To be able to "go apart'' means time and a less fatigued mind and body I hope that Social Justice mans some interest taken in appalling con ditions of domestic slavery with its long hours and bad conditions, and also that it favours pension compensations at an earlier age for peop broken by a long life of toil in a trying climate (for workers) Yours, etc, NON-CATHOLIC

DOUGHERTY CELEBRATES GOLDEN JUBILEE

"Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia, has spent many millions of dollars in erecting churches, schools and other buildings and I imagine that his archdiocese will give him another million to spend when he celebrates at the end of this month his golden jubilee in the priesthood" says a "Uni verse" columnist

The last time he received a round million was when he completed 25 years in the episcopate in 1928 Of this sum he spent 400,000 dollars on a seminary

But do ot think that Cardinal Dougherty-the son of Co Mayo parentshas anything like an easy life Buried a Bishop His Eminence has experienced ex treme poverty and has come very near death

His first two sees were in the Philippine Islands There, when he was but 38, he had to tackle the problem of managing a diocese which had had its seminary dismantled and its seminarians dispersed Before he could get to work he had to beg priests from the United States

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DRINK AND SEX

THE connection between drinking and sexual immorality is some thing that is well-known and yet extremely important to look at in any discussion of young people and drink

Prom time immemorial men have put drink and sex sins into adjacent categories. People go out "to get drunk and raise hell"' Men have always been fully aware of two important things:

First, that if they drank sufficiently, their sexual passions would inevitably be excited,

Second, that if they could get any woman to drink with them her resistance to their persuasions would be decidedly lowered

Often men make themselves drunk because under the influence of drink they sin more boldly and more lustily They persuade women to become drunk because they know that even slightly drunken women are relatively easy victims

Now, it is perfectly silly to say that all drinkers are lustful men or that all women who drink are going to be ruined But the ancient tradition of lust among drinking men has been terribly perpetuated in our modern times Thousands of young men who have gone out with young women and have drunk a little too much have found their passions slipping beyond control and themselves utterly careless about consequences Thousands of young women have drunk along with the young men, have felt their moral sense of right and wrong sinking in most surprising fashion, have found themselves becoming amorous and yielding, and have awakened from their semistupor to find their virginity gone and themselves facing a ruined future

Temptations Grow Strong, Please don't kindly reader think that I am drawing on an emotional imagination This is just plain, cold, hard, bitter fact, the experience of thousands of young people of our day and age

So it is that to-day young unmarried couples go out on a party and get drunk From that point on their sense of decency largely disappears They are careless about consequences. The law for them vanishes in fumes of drink They do things of which in their sober moments they would be ghastly ashamed, They go to hell with a silly laugh because they hardly know what they do Under the influence of drink lovemaking of an evil sort becomes easy: The boy is passionate; the girl is yielding When they come out from under the effects of the narcoticthat is what liquor really isthey look back upon the experiences that have changed horribly the whole course of their life

When in the old days the temperance lecturers pointed out that drinking and prostitution went hand in hand, they knew what they were talking about Now that supposedly decent young men and women have started to drink extensively together the passionate consequences hit right into their own experiences

Folly's Ay

Now God knows that young people have enough problems to faoe in the normal temptations that surround youth Why should they increase these problems with the temptations that arise from drinking together? A young nan feels enough passionate urges within himself; he shouldn't want to excite these urges through drink young woman has to have all the strength in the world to resist the insistence of modern temptations

Why should she want to do things that would make her moral standards looser, that would make her an easier victim for some unscrupulous or aroused male?

Seduction has no more powerful ally than drink Passion has no more powerful stimulant than drink Virtue has no more deadly enemy than drink Rotters and the corrupters of innocence have always known this, They have unscrupulously used their know-. ledge to increase the number of their victims It was more or less left to our modern timesto our shameto bring the deadly passionate effects of drinking into the supposedly better so ciety from which are to come the mothers and the fathers of the future I am only sorry that the hesitance one feels in the face of cold print keeps me from saying what I really think and know about all this Only a priest or a doctor could tell young men and women the life-long consequences that have followed the taking of one drink too many Each story is a new tragedy Each story is as old as the alliance between drink and passion, Father Daniel A Lord, SJ, in "I Can Take it or Leave it Alone"

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LIBERTY IS ROOTED IN SELF SAYS BISHOP. '

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"Liberty is another name for self I am myself; you are yourself' This is the root of the aspiration after Lib erty," said Bishop MeNulty, of Not tingham, at the April luncheon of the Nottingham branch of the National Council of Women

"True liberty consists in the freedom of man's nature from the fetters of earthly surroundings and earthly passions It is a false idea of liberty that man is free to believe what he likes and to do what he likes

"It is undoubtedly the duty of every intelligent being to assent to the truth according to his opportunities of know ing it; but the tribunal of a man's conscience is a sanctuary that we may not enter'

The State had the duty of repressing the spread of opinions inimical to pub lic peace but must not coerce to gain external adherence to a doctrine internally repudiated

To cote the great French patriot, Lacordaire'Christianity alone can impart to liberty its true nature, and liberty alone can confer upon Christianity the means of influence essential to it ' "

TO A NON-CATHOLIC

By THOMAS A CALLAHAN

SIR: The other evening you told me that there was something about Catholicism which you did not understand You recall that we were interrupted before I had a chance to ex. plain it to you I will attempt to answer your question in this letter, If my explanation sounds "rule-of-thumb" it is because I do notas you well know profess to be a theologian

You asked me, if I remember correctly: 'How can you, living in a democracy, surrender your will and bend your knee to a mere man namely, the Pope?" Recalling that your question was an honest one which one good friend asks another when he seeks information, I will attempt to answer it in the same friendly tone

In the first place, your question implies something that is not correct I do not surrender my will to anyone My will is the only thing over which I alone have complete control My use or abuse of the control of my will can either save me or damn meand no one but myself can make the choice for me It is entirely within my power to lie in bed next Sunday morning and remain away from Mass, if I am so inclined

The fact is, I have never deliberately missed Sunday Mass in my lifie, and not because I lack freedom of will, but because I desire to go to Mass It is quite true that, as a small boy, I went to Mass long before I had a mind of my own But I have long ago attained the age of reason and I feel that I have sufficient intelligence not to cling to my Faith merely because it happens to be the Faith of my forbears IRELAND.

I descend from a race whose people gladly gave their lives that they might be free to practise the very things which you call slavery Perhaps nowhere on earth is there such a passion for freedom as there is in Ireland For centuries the Irish have fought slavery Many an Englishman can give a first hand account of the reluctance with which an Irishman bows down before his peers" We are not concerned at the moment with the justification or injustification of this phase of the Irish temperament. The fact isand I think you must admit itthat a subservient Irishman is a rare individual

Now, if the Catholic Church is the tyrant that many non-Catholics--including yourself-think it is, we should expect to find it extinct in Ireland On the contrary, nowhere else in the world is the Church stronger than it is in Ireland where it permeates the daily lives of the people

There is, however, a glint of truth in your question Although we do not surrender our wills to a mere man, we do try to make them servethe Man our Pontiff represents To you the Pope is a mere man; to us he is the representative of Jesus Christ, and it is by virtue of this representation that we bow down before him We recall the words of Jesus Christ Himself: "Upon this rock I will build my Church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." The rock Jesus referred to was

Peter the first Pope Through almost twenty centuries the Church has flourished in the face of tbe most bitter persecution, guided by Peter and his successors To a Cathoic this means more than brilliant statesmanship tor during the same period the greatest states, guided by the most brilliant statesmen, have fallen It means that there s another influence at the bead of our Church than a mere man We Catholic believe that the Pope is more than a clever statesman; we believe that he is the visible shadow of Him Who breathed life into the dust of the earth. Nor is this subservience to God a violation of the dignity of man For all of us are subjects If we are not subjects of God, then we are subjects of tbe world An atheist may pride in his "complete' independence, but he forgets that the world is an exacting master There are kings of business and society before whose gilded thrones an atheist too must kno] if h i to satisfy his earthly ambitions Since we must be subjects, then, we Catholics prefer to be subjects of God

Though you have not said it in as many words I know that back of your question is a misunderstanding that is common to most non-Catholics This arises out of what we Catholics call "the infallibility of the Pope." "How" you probably think, can you be sirple enough to believe that the Pope can never make a mistake?" The ans wer is easy We do not The Church teaches that the Pope is infallible only when he speaks on matters of faith or morals Should he venture an opin ion on to-morrow's weather or on who wIll win the war in Europe we Catholics are no more obligated to accept his views than we are to accept the views of any other leader

DEMOCRACY

Your question implies that the Church and democracy are incompat ible This is another common charge The Catholic Church is the world's greatest democracy In the eyes of the Church all men are equal The Church places no higher value on the soul of the richest man than it does on the soul of the poorest man The rich man has a more fashionable wedding; his funeral is more extravagant his tombstone is more impressive But all his money does not merit him a higher position in the Kingdom of Heaven than the nameless pauper The Church has her huge cathedrals, but she has also her thatched chapels in fever-ridden lands She has her brilliant orators in arved pulpits, but she has also her leper Damien You have only to visit a Catholic Church on Sunday morning to see how great is the democraev of the Church Here the poor will kneel side by ide with the rich, each with his head bowed humbly in prayer,

We Catholics are free. And when we bend our knees before our Pope, we are not slaves grovelling before our master, but willing subjects of Him Who made us free even to the point of permitting us to choose our eternal fate."America."

Jesus Christ, Yesterday, the Same Forever Gospels Vividly Portray His Irresistible Personality

I(By the Late Archbishop Goodier, SJ)

T is important for us to bear always in mind that we learn Our Lord as He was and therefore as He is wholly from the Gospels Other Lives of Him, other writings, books of meditation and the like, may help us to interpret Him; they may give us the fruit of the discoveries of others but in the end even the most inspired and the most living of these must be referred back to the Gospels; if their picture differs from that given by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, then, however beautiful and fascinating and elevating it may be it is not Jesus Christ, but some fin fancy of an artist's imagination

On this account, whatever else one may read and study-Lives of Christ, works on the spiritual life mystical books the letters and other writings of saints, great grphies, inspiring histories, records of martyrs, subtlest theology, annals of the Church poetry the most sublime Il, it may be, written to enlarge and de 'pen our concept of Our Lord till one can never lay aside the constant reading of the Gospel, the onstnt following of Him through thir p: who alone, and in them alone is t befre us infallibly as the Way, th Truth, and the Life

And in fact, in them we have enough; not, it is true, enough to satisfy our human curiosity for we are keen almost beyond ndurnce, to know everything that can be known, even to the most trivi detail, about this "most beautiful among the son: of men"; but nough to form a perfect picture, nay more, enough to bring up before us a living reality, the study of which will occupy us all our liv s, will occupy all men all their liv s, and even at the end the mine will not be xhausted "Seek and You Shall Find."

Let us but look for Him there allowing other books to help us as they may, but not making them our final source, and w shall find Him for ourselves.

We shall find this Man Jesus, stamped from the beginning with a strange directness and clarity of vision, which nothing can evr divert or draw aside or make to frlter; He could meet His Mother's tears with a direct reply 'Did you not know that I must be about my Father's business?" The remonstrnce f John the Baptist, the first of saint: with the check: "Suffr it to be so; for so it becometh us t fulfil all justi ," to the end there is never any confusion, any doubtful understanding, He walks through life and death, knowing always what would

We sh!' fnd Him rext as a n tiral concomitant to this, always clear, rd firm, and du re in His judg speaking alrays as one havingthority," always so that His enemies were forel t exc'aim: "Never has any man spoken as this man speaks''; unhesitatirg, true ro matter what the circumstances against Him, no matter how men heckled Him, how they tried to catch Him in His speech, no matter what tact He was at times compelled to employ

• UNERRING CERTAINTY.

We shall find Him unerring_in His estimates of men; He is never deceived or drawn away by a surface impression never yields unduly, or against His better judgment, to occasion never confounds evil with misfortune: but distinguishes truth from falehood real evil from real good, the canker at the root of human life from the mere withered branches, the things that are for the real peace of men as opposed to make-believe forms; He discriminates between reality and truth in all alike, whether in the heart of a disciple or in that of an enemy, in the saint or in the sinner, in the believer or the pagan, the conventionally good, those who pass muster among men, or the outcast criminal

This stamp of utter, unerring cer['v and of absolute trustworthiness cause of certainty, is the first trait we discover Alongside of this we shall fnd Him the tenderest of hearts a father, a mother, a brother, a sister, a true and not a patronising or condescending friend, the exact equal of each and all, with an individual understanding and sympathy for every heart

that opens out before Him; yet never does He confuse one with another never does He weary of one in preference for another never is the love or interest of any one diminished because He has love for so many

On the other hand never is He weak, or over indulgent, or soft, or too blind ed by affection to see the evil or the limitations of His beloved He gives love lavishly and to all who will have it even the most debarred from buman love, yet none would call Him languid or sentimental; He wins love from those who are conquered by His presence, because He is so true, so strong, so selfless in purpose, so single-minded, sounable to deceive Men might call Him by bad names; they might accuse Him of other evil deeds: they might say that He worked by Beelzebub, that He was possessed, that He was an impostor that He blasphemed; they could never say, though He loved so much and showed it, though His love went out to the most loathsome and abhorred so that some took candal, that His love was ever other than understanding and true, and generous, and enduring and uplifting and in itself perfect,

A Definite Work to Do gain, we shall find Him ever constant He has a definite work to do, a definite life to live and death t die that is written on every page of the reord in His journeys, in His teachings, in His attitude to men, ts much as it is constantly and repeatedly expressed in Hi wordsand never for a moment does He swerve in its accomplishment Failure may depress Him, but He does not de spond opposition may alter His plan, but it does not slacken His effort malice does not embitter Him; de it, falsehood, trickery, deliberate miconstruction of His words or actions, desertion, treacherous friends, faithless or weak-kneed companions, fruitlessness of all He may do, even deliberate rejectionnone of these things can lessen His endeavour, make His hand tremble, or the feet on the mountain falter, None of these things can alter Him; always and everywhere, from beginning to end, He is the same; He seems to give no thought to consequences, or fruits or reward; whatever the results He has a work to do, and the doing of the work is all that He considers; He labours, not looking for reward; toils, not demanding rest; steadily He walks through life to His goal, giving testimony of the truth, speaking as one having authority, always going about doing good, to all alike deserving and undeserving friend and enemy, alien and ally, who will deign to accept from Him the blessing He strews along His path as He goes

• UNDERSTANDING LOVE

With these three, His absolute truth of understanding His boundless tender Heart, His constancy in action, we shall find Him, as a necessary consequence, looking out on men with infinitely tender eyes Never a human being comes within His horizon, but He looks through it with the eyes, of accurate judgment it may be, but infinitely tempered by love; with intimate understanding He interprets it, with the welcome of friendship He receives it; there is not a good thought thinkable about it, not a good interpretation possible to put upon its wayward actions, but that thought and that interpretation will have found a place in His mind While others find reason justly to condemn, He will find reason to save; while justice puts a limit to the time of repentance and permits the law to run its course, He will wait till the very last moment, and in the end will rescue He does not compel men; He has too much regard for them to drive, He offers them Himself and awaits the issue; when they look wistfully He invites them to draw near; once or twice onlv does He make the first step usuall He leaves that to them; but when they do come near, when they do let Him see that they want Him, then His eyes glisten, and His heart expands,

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children understand Him; looking out beyond the limit of life, yet not a flower in the field or a bird in the air, or an outcast cripple on the roadside is forgotten; with a toiler's hand, and brain, and heart, and ambition consumed with eagerness to labour yet ever ready to yield up His task when His companionship is needed; consumed with zeal for His Father's house, with zeal for truth and justice, yet patient and pitiful even as He smites, gentle as the gentlest mother

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PERSONALITY

and His hand opens, and there is interest, and sympathy and longing in every look and gesture; He was never so near seeming foolish, as when some pleading soul showed that it believed and responded and the key was thus applied to the flood-gates of His bursting affection.

All this we see and much more: the love and loneliness, though His delight is to be among the children of men; the love of prayer, though He cannot tear Himself from the crowd even to take food; the love of peace, though His days are one long warfare; the love, seen in His every outside behaviour to be one with all men, though He could not keep from that which prompted them to make Him their King

*"This Beautiful One"

These are four main lines that go behind the portrait of Him that cometh from Edom with dyed garments from Bosra, this beautiful one in His robe walking in the greatness oi His strength," as the four Gospels consistently describe Him

This is He who, when the Evangelist himself endeavours to depict Him in the abstract, can only be summed up in the words of the Prophet: The bruied reed He shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not extinguish; yet whom that same Prophet also called Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace

We see Him clearly enough before us, and we know we are not mistaken; this Man of firm, unflinching manner, yet with not a shadow of hardness; grave in His looks, inspiring silence, yet with it something that attracts; an eye that looks out to long distances, yet not a soul feels itself pased over; glistening as though through tears yet strong as the eye of an eagle; a lip that trembles as the lip of a trembling maiden, yet so firm set that the weakest has courage from its strength We see Him wrapt in deep thought, speaking words that set the wisest pondering, yet withal in such simplicity that the

But it is useless to carry on the portrayal; we go on and on, the fascination grows, at each new step we see more and more, for He is utterly transparent; and yet at every point at which we stop we feel that we have said nothing The Evangelists knew Him better than we, and they did not venture to describe Him They were content to let Him walk through their narrative, preaching the kingdom, healing the sick, having compassion on the multitude or retiring into the mountains to pray, knowing well that in so doing He would not be lost among the details; His personality would be too great for that; they knew they would in their simple story of simple fact leave behind them that on which all generations would ponder, yet which they would never exhaust

And indeed it is so The more we contemplate it look at it with believing eyes, warmed by love, stirred by hope and trust, the more vivid does the portrait grow, the more living are the features They are, we know them· "we have found Him whom our soul loveth, we have held Him and will not let Him go"

Other portraits help copies facsimiles, drawn by more recent artists; but all these have their limitations, some have their exaggerations none are exactly accurate; all have what life they possess from the great original and only in so far as they reproduce its fire have they any inspiration in themselves ("A More Excellent Was ")

PARIS' NEW ARCHBISHOP

As announced in last week's issue

His Eminence Emmanuel Celestine Cardinal Suhard, Archbishop of Rheims, has been appointed to succeed the late Cardinal Verdier as Archbishop of Paris

Cardinal Suhard was born in Brainsles-Marches France, on April 5 1874 When, in 1928, he was raised to the Bishopric of Bayeux, he had for almost thirty years prepared generations of priests at the seminary of Laval Two years later he was appointed to the great See of Rheims He was created and proclaimed Cardinal on December 16, 1935

Cardinal Suhard is gifted with a discernment of mind and has acquired a vwide culture which has enabled him to keep in close touch and sympathy with all sections of the community Vigorous against injustice and energetic in his care for the afflicted, he is one of the outstandrg figures of the French episcopacy

Cardinal Suhard is distinguished also for his intense patriotism, and his appointment to the See of Paris in such a crucial time will do much to hearten his countrymen in facing whatever sacrifices may be ahead of them

His Eminence as Archbishop of Rheims received recently a letter signed by His Holiness Pope Pius XII which, in its meaning, is addressed to all Prance Cardinal Suhard had written to the Holy Father assuring him that France had received his first Encyclical with the deepest gratitude

In his reply, the Sovereign Pontiff speaks of the motives that led him to fulfil what he considered a duty: Because We were afflicted and frightened at seeing spread more widely each day, among nations, doctrines and manners contrary to the sovereign rights of God and to the great law of Christian charity We wished to bring into the light so that they might be restored to honour, the simple but sublime lessons of the Decalogue and the

Gospels; for We believe in accordance with the teaching of the Church and the testimony of history that only a return to a fundamentally Christian morality is still capable of stopping the world in its descent toward an abyss o calamities It is especially agreeable to Us to find in the faithful people, with a total and filial adherence of spirit, a generous disposition of hearts to march resolutely in the ways that We have traced Furthermore, e have the satisfaction of learning tht multitudes of just souls, even those foreign to the Catholic Paith, spontaneously render homage to the loyalty of Our intentions and the sincerity of Our efforts with a view to universal appeasement

"We think," the Holy Father added, that the French have good reason to rejoice at seeing affirmed in the Encyclical certain principles that are legitimately dear to them and at seeing reproved certain ideas that they reprove and blamed, certain procedures which they condemn s the principal source of the present evils"

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PERTH, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1940

Mary Help of Christians

Sunday next will be observed by all the Churches throughout the Commonwealth as a day of national prayer on behalf of the nation, the Empire, and the Allies, and of the cause in which they are united. This special observance is being made at the request of His Majesty the King The Catholics of the Commonwealth, moreover, at the request of the Holy Father have since the beginning of the month been engaged n a special crusade of prayer to Our Blessed Lady that "through her intercession and peaceful mediation may obtain from God for all peoples and nations the desired tranquillity " Hence, in addition to the special prayers already being said, there will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in each church of the Archdiocese after the last Mass on Sunday next This will continue throughout the day until the evening devotions, which will conclude with a Holy Hour Catholics are further exhorted to visit the Blessed Sacrament frequently throughout the day, and to pray for the early cessation of hostilities, and for the restoration of a lasting peace based on principles of justice and eternal love It is singularly appropriate that this time of national peril should almost correspond with the incidence of the Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians, under which title Mary is honoured throughout our continent as the national patroness

The invocation, "Help oi Christians,'' was added to the Litany of Loreto by Pope Pius V, to commemorate the victory of the combined fleets of Spain, Venice and Genoa (under the leadership of Don John of Austria) over the Turks in 1571 The triumph of Lepanto is a landmark in Christian history, because it was the first great naval repulse suffered by the infidels and the enemies of Europe It should serve to remind an ungrateful world that t was the Papal crusade which, under God and the intercession of Our Lady, saved Europe n those critical times; and it may well be that the Papacy will save us again At no time in history, assuredly at no time in Australian history, has there been more urgent necessity to look to God and to Mary, His Mother and the Help of Christians, as the invincible bulwarks against the rising tides of heathenism in their apparent hour of victory It is not merely that we ask to be delivered from the powers of darkness without, but also from the paganism which has infiltrated every avenue of our national life and culture The new paganism, unlike the old, is subtle and insidious It s clothed in the academic robes of learning, in the plausible pleas of economic polity, and even in the Statute Books of nations which Christians heretofore have been required to obey, in as much as all temporal authority derives from God

It is this combination of internal decay, whereby secularism and indifference have flourished unimpeded over the things of the spirit, together with an utter disregard for the moral laws of justice and charity between nations, that has brought Western civilisation to its very knees Peace in the purely negative sense of a cessation of hostilities would solve nothing The root and fundamental cause of the failure of Europe and of the world has been its neglect of God-in the personal life of the individual, in the home in the domestic life of nations, and in international affairs Hence the Church with divine realism envisages a peace born of justice and charity, and all that implies by way of personal, social, and international reform And in this the Church also proclaims the great truths of the homogeniety of human activity and of the solidarity of all human society The salvation of Europe from lapses from faith or morals is intimately bound up with its preservation from material destruction or slavery It seems that we are facing an hour when all human means of escape and of reconstruction have failed It is therefore true realism to turn with humility and penance and hope to God and His Blessed Mother to save us when we can no longer save ourselves And the choice of Mary as our mediator with God is not a haphazard one for it has been generally felt within the last day or two, we may have to look for a miracle The miracle will not eventuate unaided from the arms of the Allies, but from the simple insistence of Her at whose request Christ worked His frst miracle before he had intended

PRAYER FOR PEACE

At the request of His Excellency the Apostolic Delegate, Sunday, May 26, will be observed throughout the Archdiocese as a day of special prayer for peace There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in every parish church, commencing after last Mass and concluding with the Holy Hour Devo tion in the evening The faithful are exhorted to visit the Blessed Sacrament frequently during the day and to pray for the early cessation of hostilities and the restoration of peace a lasting peace based on the principles of justice and charity

REQUIEM FOR THE LATE ARCH BISHOP CLUNE.

His Grace the Archbishop presided at Solemn Office and Requiem Mass in St Mary's Cathedral on Wednesday, May 22, on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the death of the late Archbishop Clune A large gathering of priestsreligious and faithful attended Rev Father Rafferty was celebrant of the Mass Rev Father Wallace deacon, and Rev Father Donnelly sub-deacon. Rev Father Johnston, assisted by Rev Father Lalor, was in charge of the ceremonies Very Revs Father Moss and Dr Kennedy assisted at the throne The priests' choir under the direction of Rev A Lynch rendered the music of the Mass

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Mr J E Connell, manager in Western Australia for T M Burke Pty., Ltd will leave Perth today for Melbourne, where he will attend a branch managers' conference on Friday, Mr Connell will return to Perth the following evening

The Rev, P P Kelly, assistant priest at Kingswood, S.A., has been appointed secretary to His Grae the Archbishop of Adelaide, Most Rev M Beovich DD

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Advice has been received that Mr D P McGuire who has been assisting in the organisation of Catholic Action in the United States for some months past, will leave this month for an extended visit to South America n preparation for his next book, which he intends to publish this year, Extensive notices of Mr McGuire's lectures on Catholic Action throughout the United States have appeared in the American press

k k ## The Giornale Italiano," of Melbourne (April 24), states that the Italian Government by a recent decree has conferred the distinction of Chevalier of the Crown of Italy on His Grace the Archbishop of Adelaide (Most Rev M Beovich DD) and on Right Rev Dr P Lyons, Vicar-General of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, in recognition of the friendly sentiments expressed by them towards the Italian people in Australia.

t k By far the most vivid account of German parachutists' descent in Holland appearing in the newspapers was that of Mr William McCann son of Sir Charles McCann, South Australia's able and experienced Agent-General, Sir Charles, who has, happily, been relieved of his anxiety about his son's safety in Holland is an old Christian Brothers' bov of Wakefield-street, Adelaide He is not as young as he used to be, but three decades ago there was no more popular singer of humorous songs at Catholic functions in the city on theTorrens

May 26: Canonical Visitation and Con firmation, at St Patrick's Church York

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May 28: Attend annual meeting of the Catholic Women's League

May 31: Preside at Ceremony of Pinal Vows at Carmelite Monastery, Nedlands

June 2: 9.30 a.m: Preside at Solemn High Massat the Church of the Holy Rosary, Nedlands, on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of Very Rev, Father Moss

330 p.m: Attend Annual Procession of the Blessed Sacrament at Sacred Heart Church, Highgate, on the occasion ofthe close of the Forty Hours' Devotion,

June 9: Canonical Visitation and Con: firmation at Mosman Park

June 15· Celebrate Mass at St Anthony's Church, Wanneroo, on the occasion of the annual Festa in honour of St Anthony

June 16: Canonical Visitation and Confirmation at Shenton Park

June 19-23: Attend Jubilee Celebrations at Beagle Bay Mission

Hours' 0UARANT ORE MAY

Sunday 4th Cathedral: Forty Prayer (24th-26th)

JUNE

Sunday lst, Highgate Forty Hours' Prayer (3Lt May-2nd June) 2nd Claremont: One Day of Exposition. 3rd Merredin: One Day of Exposition 4th Collie: One Day of Exposition 5th Osborne Park: Forty Hours' Prayer (28th 30th)

l , [ SPIRITUAL BOUQUET FOR f FEAST OF THE POPE

t The Apostolic Delegate has j sent the following letter to_the Superiors of all the Religious f Congregations in Australia in preparation for the Feast of the j Fe e

Dear Reverend Mother,In accordance with Decrees 77-78 of the IV Plenary Council, the Feast of the Holy Father will be celebrated on the Sunday within the Octave of the Feast of SS Peter and Paul Decree 78 directs that in all schools and colleges a Spiritual Bouquet should be prepared and forwarded to the Holy Father through the Apo tolic Delegate

It is my particular wish that, on account of the present situation, the Spiritual Bouquet this year should be a special Crusade of Prayer for the intentions of the Holy Father I request you then, to give instructions to all the communities under your care that the Spiritual Bouquet be prepared inall your schools When it is completed, kindly send the result to the Apostolic Delegation Owing to postal difficulties the papers will not be forwarded to Rome, and consequently, parchment or other expensive paper should not be used With every best wish, Yours sincerely in Christ, JOHN PANICO, Apostolic Delegate

News has just been received of the death, on May 22, oft Catherine McMahon, Lehinch, Co Clare, Eire, mother of Rev Dr J T McMahon"The Record" extends deepest sympa thy to Dr, McMahon in his sad be reavement Solemn Requiem Mass will be celebrated in St Columba's Church, South Perth, on Saturday, June 8, at 9.90 a.m RIP

Religion and Democracy are Good for One Another

RAYMOND CORRIGAN, in America.' 4

T0 mere forms of government, the Church is indifferent Ofcially she has declared her neutrality on the abstract question of republic versus monarchy But in the realm of concrete realities we have her benevolent neutrality towards America, while she is potentially and often actually hostile to the one-man regimes of Europe What the Church is interested in is good government, in government that promotes human welfare and does not ignore or deny fundamental human rights of the individual

The machinery of vote-getting, or even of law-making is a matter of little concern to her The spirit which animates a ruling clique may call for condemnation, as may also the theories of state behind any system Never before has the world scene presented so much variety to the student of political science, But at the moment we are interested only in making democraey a congenial mate for religion

This will require much distinguishing and explaining

Three Meanings ot Democracy

Jacques Maritain has a triple distinction of which he is rightly proud

Others have quoted him, and we find him quoting himself His distinction he tells us, is demanded by philosophy, but as frequently happens it is philosophy in the service of history and common sense At any rate, he gives us three meanings of a tern that is employed altogether too recklessly

Disregarding then, a variety of uses of the label, we have democracy as: (1) a social tendency; (2) a form of government; (3) a religious myth

As a social tendency it might better be called "demophily" It stands for the movement to improve the lot of all the people, and more specifically of the labouring classes It stands for social justice, supplemented by a humanitarian zeal for the general welfare

On a purely natural plane this may amount to nothing more nor less than a high grade paganism. Baptised and fortified by an injection of Christian charity it is what we call "Christian Democracy" In the technical sense of the term, as defined by the Holy See, this democracy is severely nonpolitical, In governmental, or political, democracy, we have the ideal, almost the idol of the peoples, including ourselves who dread the approach of authoritaran government. It is with this democracy that we are chiefly concerned hire. Yet, after all, t;'s is but one among several forms of government It is a form dear to us from long tradition, and in the happy circumstances in which we grew to greatness, most conducive to our well being

If, however, our democratic Republic fails to give us a democratic social justic~, its lustre is bound to fade It may be a means to other ends also, but surely the chief reason for popular government is the assurance it affords of a better social order, better living conditions, more abundant life Political democracy and Christian democracy should work together in an atmosphere mutually helpful and harmonous.

But there is the third brand which must be understood in all its fallacious and hollow pretence It has poisoned the political atmosphere since the days of Jean Jacques Rousseau with its pseudo-philosophy of "popular sovereignty," general will," and social contract." The dogmas laid down by this brilliant but deranged prophet of the modern world still have power to thrill the victims who swallow them in blind faith It would help much if we could isolate this virus and label it Democractism Between it and integral Christianity there is a mutual incompatibility for which there 1s no remedy short of absolute divorce.

Christianity builds on the social nature of man; Rousseau set up an artifcial state through acidental, voluntary and wholly arbitrary association, with no basis for authority beyond meresentiment Still, the student of political theory education or literature finds Jean Jacques a spoiled child 9?'genius and the historian cannot aford to neglect him But the sooner his influence is eliminated from our thinking the better for democracy in anv wholesome sense of the word

There is also a use of the word democracy with which no philosopher would condescend to bother himself Many Americans for example whether

deluded or simply dishonest are still weeping over the fiasco of "Spanish democracy" Then there is the transparent dodge of the "Friends of Peace and Democracv' . -·

ATTITUDE OF THE CHURCH.

Now, it would be quite simple to take for granted that everybody knows what it meant by democracy But even after distinguishing three common uses of the term, besides the label usurped to cover Red activities, we still have a few subdistinctions to make If by democracy is meant the merely external form of republic government, the Catholic Church is neutral, or at least only friendly It the word means legitimate government or government "by consent of the governed," or a due regard for the general velfare, the Catholic Church is necessarily favourable to democracy, though cther forms can claim the blessing of the Church for the same reasons.

But if democracy has to carry the burden of all the bad philosophy of the Enlightenment; if it means Rousseau's General Will, Popular Sovereignty, Majority Rule in any absolutist sense, then the Church simply condemns it as she would condemn anv doctrine or system that is false, vicious and injurious to society And it must be kept in mind that Leo XIII, in at least half a dozen of his great encyclicals, is aiming at the political errors of Naturalism and Rationalism promoted by Liberals of various hues

The best scholastic tradition upholds popular sovereignty; but Leo the authentic interpreter of scholasticism, seems to condemn it quinas, Bellarmine and Suarez viewed political society as a natural institution deriving its powers from God, while Leo was faced with a world from which God had been excluded What he condemned, Saint Thomas would condemn

What the Church Seeks in Democracy,

But we may as well face the fact that there is a pseudo-religion just as there is a pseudo-democracy. There are inadequate concepts and faulty definitions of both And the average man is more likely to reach the high ideal of religion and hold to t than he is to be a good democrat Catholicism is truth, love, justice It can be reduced to a few brief formulae for the unlearned; and yet the genius among theologians stands breathless before the depths of its unsearchable riches Into this marvellous system are incorporated all the simple truths of common sense, and all the hard-won conclustons of philosophers in every age as well Catholicism is only indirectly concerned with the progress of science, with forms of government, with material welfare but she baptises truth wherever she finds it, Her apparent conflict with the human mind is due to her hatred of error, which so often vitiates the thinking of fallible men

Fore-Christians among the Greeks reached great heights of human achievement and the Church has been happy to accept their best thought

After-Christians heresiarchs. rationalists and nondescripts, have distorted Christian truth, ridiculed Divine revelation, and built their dozens of false utopias out of fragments often wrenched from a Christian setting Their illusions the Church rejects of course The recovery of old truths and the appropriation of whatever is sound and enduring in the conquests of science or art she can leave to time which always fights on her side, as long experience has proved

• DEMOCRACY NEEDS RELIGION

Historically, Christianity has existed without democracy; and democracy, of a kind was born before Christianity, The one satisfactory example of a Christian society, if we can close our eyes to the ragged living of a perfect ideal, was the high medieval period In it we have all the best features of a substantial democracy while on the other hand the pagan democracy of pre-Christian times, and of the postChristian present as well, has been, quite generally, a diseased thing Since Christianity and democracy can exist apart, there is no essential connection between them But since, in this age of dictators, neither can exist at its best without leaning upon the other they should work together in harmony Certainly, a common hatred for Christianity accounts for a large share of what is wrong with Communists, Nazis and the more vicious Latin Liberals And the measure of their common hatred for Christianity is the measure of their danger to democracy Democracy needs Christianity because it needs truth, justice, charity,

and the spirit of sacrifice; because it needs a correct concept of human 1gnity, of destiny and purpose, of duty and individual responsibility And here I have in mind democracy as a working form of government The democratism of the sickly eighteenth century and the earth-bound nineteenth century could flourish for a time, but was and is doomed to succumb to its own inner contradictions Perhaps the best commentary on the whole pagan system, with its fragments of a denatured and de-supernaturalised religion is the absolute state to which it inevitably tends

when the choice lies between the dictatorships Communist, Fascist, and Nazi, on the one hand, and our halting muddling democracy on the other the Christian thinker cannot hesitate Nor is it a wild and unfounded hope which sees in the tyranny of comrades Hitler and Stalin a new incentive, and also an opportunity, for a revitalised democracy,

*Christianity Needs Democracy

The present crisis should bring home to the least discerning among us the obvious fact that in the bewildering chaos of new ideologies and amid the ravings of wild men in Europe, Christianity needs democracy At least,

There is no certain assurance that nations which still claim to be democracies will emerge from conflict witb the barbarian purified of their own paganism Only a short time ago there was an ominous drift toward a fatal understanding with the least democratic and the most un-Christian of the barbarians But wisdom may yet be born of extreme peril

One thing is certain Religion, reduced, perhaps, and badly battered, will survive. But the more there is of true democracy the happier will be the lot of the surviving Christian-

Adult Education Scheme

Wide Facilities Offered

At a meeting of the University Senate on Monday evening last, Rev Dr J T McMahon, of South Perth, was appointed the Senate's representative on the Adult Education Board. We would direct the attention of our read ers to the splendid facilities offered under this scheme.

These comprise a central non-iunctional library at Chancellory House ground floor, Howard-street which is operated under a Carnegie grant and which it is hoped will soon comprise 10,000 volumes. It is a lending library, open (to everybody who joins the course) from 12 pm to 2 pm, and from 6 pm to 8 p.m

Secondly, there is a box scheme which provides adult education facilities for city, suburban and country centres A box of selected books will be sent to any group and will consist of books that are asked for by the group

Thirdly, the course comprises evening classes at the University, Victoria Park, Fremantle, Midland Junction, Bassendean South Perth and the Shop Assistants' Union All lecture courses consist of ten weekly lectures of the duration of an hour and a half Fourthly, the scheme provides for a summer camp, which is held at the University in January, and for vocational courses.

Speaking of the vital necessity oft the Catholic Press His Holiness Pope Pius XII said: In the shoreless, storm-harrowed ocean of the press of the world and its various philosophies of life the Catholic Press should stand as a seer and prophet "

CONDITIONS IN POLAND WORSE, BERLIN NUNCIO REPORTS TO THE POPE

Archbishop Orsenigo, Papal Nuncio in Berlin, has informed the Holy Father that reports from Poland indicate a further deterioration in the religious life of that country says the Polish Telegraph Agency The fate of many churches and convents gives rise to grave anxiety

The Nuncio's report, it is said, mentions numerous murders of Polish priests, with alist of the names ofthe victims, Several hundred other priests are in prison without any charge having been made against them [.a..l

Archbishop Orsenigo is shortly to begin a journey through f German-occupied Poland, reports I the Berlin correspondent of a Swiss paper The Archbishop will study l conditions interview the clergy [ and then give a personal report [ of_is sisij to a; Holy_Father Ever since the Germans i marched into Poland the Pope i has been trying to obtain detailsofconditions in Poland,but i Pto_the present_the German authorities have refused to allow j &zzz;ow«

CORPORAL F. E. HYLAND

Member of crew of an RAAF plane which has been missing since Thursday Corporal Hyland, of Midland Junction parish, is an exemplary Catholic The Air Force is making an extensive search for the missing machine

June:

Wednesday, 5: East Victoria Park Annual Catholic Ball, Camberwell St, Hall.

Wednesday, 19: Midland Junction Annual Catholic Ball

St Joseph's Ex-Students Annual Ball, Fremantle Town Hall, Friday, 21: S HHS, Highgate, Annual Entertainment, His Majesty's Theatre

Wednesday 26: Annual Catholic Ball, Government House Ballroom

July: Monday, 15: Newman Ball, Embassy •

(Mention in this column will be made only of those functions advertis ed elsewhere in this issue)

"The

Century I

Choose"

West Australian Catholic Children

Give their Views COMPETITION RESULTS

'A" DIVISION

(Winning Entry: LENA GIANATTI, Box F301, GP O Aged fifteen years,)

IF I were a sentimentalist doubtless I would choose to have been born in some mediaeval age when a knight in shining armour gallantly rode forth to woo and win the fair maid of his choice But being a realist, very unsentimental, and not at all romantic, I prefer to have the modernity of the twentieth century, The modern age to my mind, is the ideal age of history in which to have been born

Even though some pessimist may say that my choice is rather extraordinarv at present, just when Hitler is trying to conquer the entire universe, and Communism is so prevalent, I mentally resurrect the chapters of history that I have ever learnt and I cannot recall any glorious, spectacular period of his tory which has been without major or minor times of strife

Of the reasons why I have made the twentieth century my choice the first is because never in any previous century of history has the Church and re° ligion figured so prominently as it does to-day Take for example the last civil war in Spain, what a triumph it was for the atholi Church, and what a contrast to the days of successful persecution When I read of such martyrs as Father Pro and innumerable others who have died so heroically for the Faith of our fathers, I realise how fortunat I am to possess such a Div ine gift

Perhaps the most noble and charitable profe on open to women in these days i nursing Although nursing and the medical profession is so often used as the subject matter for many books this is usually only for occasions of poetic pomp," and these white clad angels of mercy, in everyday life, rarely receive the praise due to them When there is so much misery and agony on the battlefields, women such as Nurse Edith Cavell glorify their profession, and as Nurse Edith Cavell is one of my favourite heroines I would very muh like to follow the example t by her, I have always longed to travel, and no other age like the present has ever offered such golden opportunities to visit foreign places of interest, That is why I so much enjoy reading books of travel and adventure. If I cannot visit the: place in reality just yet the next best thing is to read about them Perhaps my turn to travel will come some day! Quien sabe?

One of the greatest advantages which I think that this age has to offer is that of education People are becoming more conscious of this fact every day, and constantly try to better themselves in order to rise above their surroundings and to gain a prestige which they certainly would not possess with out the important factor of education If evervone were absolutely honest with them: ·lves, I think that very few would be willing to give up such modern luxuries as the radio and films etc and to go back to a more romantic but certainlv less comfortable era We can well offord to quote Stevenson in his appropriate words: "The world is so full of a number of things

I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings."

DIVISION

(Winning Entry: JOYCE NICHOLLS, St Joseph's College, Fremantle

Aged fourteen years.)

Praise they that will times past I joy to see myself now live; this age best pleaseth me,"

ALTHOUGH this century is a time of war and strife, I do not think I should liketo live in anv other century but the present Practically every nation has been thrown into warfare, but, to us in Australia, life goes on just the same as before

Many people say they would like to have lived in the nineteenth century because of the wonderful inventions that were made, but I think the present century is much better, because those inventions have improved until now they are almost perfect Transport and communication are two other factors which have been greatly improved In the days of previous centuries, transport was slow and if a person were urgently in need of a doctor, often it would be a considerable time before one could be summoned, for the simple reason that there was no speedy means of communication, and even if there had been there was no convenient method of transport Therefore in the time spent in summoning the doctor the patent could have died; but in these days as soon as a person becomes ill, the doctor is called by telephone, and he is with the patient sometimes within twenty minutes to half an hour of being called

Another reason why I prefer this century is because of the freedom of dress

Long ago everyone had to have a certain type of dress, but nowadays a peron is free to wear anything at all, as long as it is within reason I think the change of fashion is one of the most interesting forms of progress if it can be called such, to watch, Working conditions have also hang ed, for in days gone by the work done in an office, on a farm, or anywhere ele, was done by hand (even the printing of a paper); whereas now the typewriter facilitates the work in an office, and the tractor is used extensively on the farm

Another important reason for my preference is the freedom of worship

Years ago Christians were unable to go to church for fear the soldiers of the Emperor or King especially in Rome, would sweep down on them, so they were forced to build catacombs in order that they could at least hear Mass, although they ran great risks

But to-day all that is done away with and persons may go to any church they wish, although in some countrie the Catholic Church is still persecuted Perhaps one of the most deadly advances has been made is the manufacture of fire-arms These have certainly improved but for what purpose?

Only to kill men women and children

It would be better if such things were left lone and if men and nations wished to go to war with one another let them fight hand-to-hand instead of bombing defenceless cities This is the one grievance I have against the twen° tieth century

Then, again, the film industry has arisen and developed rapidly during this age

I suppose if this were the fifteenth century in which I were living I should like that best also, because when all is said and done it is God's will that we are living when we are, and therefore we should be content and not al ways be wishing we had lived in this or that century

BISMARCK.

With our gradual realisation that Hitlerism is largely the old Prussianism with modern side trimmings, its first modern side trimmings its first apostle Prince Bismarck is re-appearing in the news, writes Douglas New ton in the 'Universe'' Bismarck's methods offer a curious parallel to those of his successor He too having prepared his ground tricked Austria into a disastrous war, invaded Denmark, and, by forging the Ems telegram forced the 70 war on France at his own moment, In personal habits however this first maker of modern Germanv differed vastly from the present He was a tremendous eater and drinker He himself declared that he drank two or three beer glasses of the strongest port to set his blood coursing before presiding at Council meetings

He also insisted that "a man cannot die before he has smoked 100000 cigars and drunk 5,000 bottles of champagne."

St. Patrick's,

Memorable Children of Mary Celebrations

(Contributed)

Our Holy Father, Pope Pius XII, has made a universal appeal for a crusade o+ prayer during the month of May, through Mary's intercession, Synchronising with this touching appeal, the bupreme Council of the Children of Mary at Rome has ordered the third Sunday oi May to be observed as Sodality Sunday throughout the Christian world

In accordance with this ordinance, and inspired thereto by the momentous words of the Vicar oi Christ the Oblate Fathers, on Sunday, May 19, instituted at the evening devotions peculiar to the Children of Mary the crowning of their Queen, to be commemorated as an annual event

The ceremony was preceded by the recital of the Holy Rosary aiter which the Sodality Director, Rev Father Conway, O M I, taking for his text the salutation, "Hail! Holy Queen; Hail our life, our sweetness and our hope delivered a most inspiring and eloquent discourse

We are gathered here to-night in vast numbers," said Father Conway, t address a petition to the Mother of God -the Queen of Heaven and Queen of the Universethe woman above all women blest- ·purer than foam on ceutral ocean tostour tainted nature's solitary boast!" We are assembled here to implore her to intercede with her Divine Sonthe King of Kingsto deliver us from the dangers that hang over us

'What seems to be the greatest catastrophe in history has befallen Europe, and is threatening to become worldwide It is not for me to express ny view of the right or the wrong of this lamentable struggle, but it is the duty of God's priest to exhort God's faithful people to pray, and pray earnestly, that we may speedily come to the end of this paralysing misery in blessed peace and security

"At various crucial periods of the Church's history the Mother of God has crushed the head of the serpent and so through her instrumentality we can confidently hope for betterdays both for Australia and other nations when thi dreadful war is over

'With the eyes of Faith we can see how pleased the Mother of God is to accept our petition We can feel confident that she will reward us with all the lavishness of a Queen for placing ourselves under her maternal protection We can hear her gracious reply, 'My children, despair notnever has it been known that anyone who had sincere recourse to me was left forsakenfor I am not only the Mother of God and Queen of Heaven, but your mother too.'

"The mandates of Emperors and the edicts of kings have reverberated through Senate Halls and Palaces of Fame adown the centuries to the present time, but none of them has borne the significance and brought to the great family of mankind the comfort, the satsfaction, the benefits and blessings,as has this simple utterance from the Lips of the dying Jesus: 'Mother, behold thy Son Son behold thy Mother.'

"After the death of their beloved Master, the Apostles drew nspiration from this chosen woman, and the infant Church profited by her prayers and guidance Mary's power was felt as long as she remained on earth, and after her glorious Assumption into Heaven, the power of the spotless Queen quelled many a storm of doubt and unbelief that found its way into the True Church Heresies, plagues, famines and wars have from time to time been banished by her powerful intercession

"The homage that the faithful pay to Mary even though their altars and their homes abound with praise and veneration for her does not repay in the least what she has done for them, but this makes no difference to her Mother's heart She still invites, entreats and intercedes on our behalf, and when we kneel before her asking her aid in spiritual or temporal affairs, we do so before an incomparable Mother, an understanding Mother, and one whose power before the Throne of God is limitlessso much so that all graces come to us through her hands Recourse to Mary means spiritual progress It means safe refuge from self and the temptations that assail us True devotion to Mary is a passport to heaven: 'He that shall find me shall find life and shall have salvation from the Lord ' 'When you are wearied out with the length of the conflict with evil, with the unceasing necessity of precautions with the irksomeness of observing them, with the tediousness of their repetition, with the strain upon your

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Fremantle

mind, with your forlorn and cheerless condition, what shall tranquillise your heart and give you patience and endurance, but the thought and the patronage of Mary? She will comtort you in your discouragements, solace you in your fatigue, raise you after your falls, and reward you for your successes When your spirit within you is excited, or relapsed, or depress. ed, when it loses its balance, when it is restless and wayward when it is sick of what it has and hankers after what it has not, when your eye is solicited with evil, and your mortal frame trembles under the shadow of the tempter, what will bring you to yourselves, to peace and to health, but the cool breath of the Immaculate It is the boast oi the Catholic religion that it has the gift of making the young heart chaste, and why is this, but that it gives us Jesus as our food and Mary as our nursing Mother Fulfil this boast in yourselves; prove to the world that you are following no false teaching vindicate the glory of your Motner Mary, whom the world basphemes, 1n the very face of the world, Ly the aimplicity of your deportmeat and the sanctity of your words and deeds

"Let us then consecrate ourselves anew to the Mother of God, our Queen, our Advocate, and our Mother,' concluded the preacher 'Let fathers and mothers honour her and she will preserve peace and happiness in their household, let old people invoke her, and h will lighten their age and in firmities; let children love her, and she will ever be their Mother In a word, let all who find themselves in sorrw and affliction implore her help and she will be their comforter Let us al way love and venerate her with heart nd soul thi: i. the suret means t b allowd on dav to love her for all eternity in Hav·n Amen'

Subsequently the parish of St Pat rick'· w sol ·mnly consecrated to the Mother f God. Children of Mary, to th number f 100, in their beautiful garb of blue and white, and chanting in captivating hsrmony their sublime canticle: of praie to Mary and to God, with the radiant crown borne by holy inn vents in their trin, formed pieturesque procession to the exquiite altar of Our Lady the creation of the Sister· of St Joseph of the Apparition, Th final scene th crowning of the Queen of Heaven by an earthly prototype in miniature- found eyes dimmed with tear, "Lord it is good for us to be here" sight for angels and for men

Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament, given by Father Conway, brought to a close the memorable solemnities of the Children of M rv

Racing Selections By'The Hawk"

BELMONT PARK Saturday, May 25, 1940

Belmont Hurdles: Mollify, 1; Goldcyan, 2; Gunga Das, 3 Belmont Plate: Philock, 1; Treleen, 2; Charming Wave, 3, Belmont Purse: Kerlion, 1; Madam Altair, 2; Gold Tips, 3. Belmont Handicap: Coronis 1; First Wave, 2; Cresting, 3 Breeders' Handicap: Flame Girl, 1; Mylopia, 2; Busy Girl, 3 Welter Handicap: Imaking 1; Equaver, 2; Great Treat, 3

Trotting Selections

RICHMOND PARK Saturday, May 25, 1940

W.A Breeders' Handicap: Miss Silver 1; Black Yamma, 2; Bonnie Arabian, 3

Federal Handicap: Plain Perey, 1; Royal Gus, 2; Maud Pointer, 3 May Handicap: Med Alto, 1; Contact, 2; Garabet, 3 Benevolent Handicap: Gold Vale, 1; Don Sebastian, 2; Grand Mogul, 3. Charity Handicap: Lady Watheroo, 1; Red Bay 2; Prince Yamma 3 Patriotic Handicap: Lelaine 1; Sir Raymond, 2; Reland Chief, 3,

BELMONT PARK RACES

MAY 265th.

J MITCHELL, Secretary

Thursday, May 23, 1940

Balingup

MAY BALL

The Catholic people of Balingup and districts have good reason to be elated with the success of their May Ball, held in the Balingup Hall on Saturday, May 11. and attended by some 200 people

The success of the ball was a tribute to the enthusiasm and unremitting work of members of the community

A sumptuous supper reflected very great credit on the hard working ladies responsible

Thanks are due to Rev Father Downey and the Sisters of the Convent of Mercy, Donnybrook, for the decorations Others worthy of special thanks are Mr Kevin Ryan, Mrs. Nelson, tbe Russell family, Mrs, C Rose, Mrs. McDonald Mrs Allsop, Mrs Pendergast, Mesdames L and K, Ryan, and Mr Seirs

The committee owes a deep debt o? gratitude to Mr C Rose, who generously gave time and hard work to make the ball a success. Socially and financially the ball left little to be desired and was adequate reward for tbe org:nisers

Catholic Young Ladies' Club

The meeting held on May 16 was hostessed by Miss Peggy Knox, at her home in North Perth A large number of members turned up, and a very enjoyable evening was the result Peggy had a lovely fire all ready for us, and as the night was rather cold this was much appreciated

A very nice supper was served after the meeting, the Dutch cake being particularly appreciated I think I heard someone mention during the evening that it was to be a Dutch cake supper next week at Kath Easton's place, Anyway, we hope there will be an equally good attendance at the meeting next week and also at the picture party the following week We will be deciding what show we will see at the meeting next week, but in case there are some members who cannot attend this meeting, we have decided to meet in town outside Levinson's at about half-past seven, which should give us plenty of time to get our tickets Don't forget this date, girls, May 30

St. Joseph's Convent, Fremantle

Annual Sports Day and Re-Union of ExStudents

On Saturday next, May 25 the annual sports day and re-union of the exstudents of St Joseph's Convent will be held in the Convent grounds, Adelaide-street, Fremantle The proceeds of the afternoon tea will go towards the expenses of the annual ball, to be held in the Town Hall on June 19 This ball has for many years come to be regarded as one of the outstanding social functions of the year and this year no effort is being made to make it as successful as its predecessors Debutante rehearsals are being held at the Guild Hall Market-street, every Friday evening, and intending debutantes are advised that next Friday, May 31, is the last night for applications to be accepted from debutantes

A bridge party in aid of the ball funds will be held at the Rendezvous, High-street, on Wednesday, June 5

Harvey

MASS TIME TABLE.

May 26: Harvey, 8 am; Waroona, 10 am June 2: Harvey, 8 am; Yarloop, 10 am June 9: Waroona, 8.30 a.m; Harvey, 10 am June 16: Yarl0op 8 am; Harvey 10 am. June 23: Harvey 8 am; Waroona 16 am lune 30: harvey, 8 am; Yarloop, 10 am

Pinjarra

MASS TIME TABLE.

Sunday, May 26: Dwellingup, 8 am-; Piniarra, 10 a.m

ARTHUR J. PURSLOWE G CO.

JAMES STREET, GUILDFORD

289 ALBANY ROAD, VICTORIA PARK

ARTHUR E. DAVIES &.C0.

West Perth

We are confident that before long the generous response to our appeal will prove the idea of a brick-selling campaign to have been a right one By now almost the whole parish has been covered by brick-sellers These people have willingly devoted entire days in going from door to door in their task, We thank them sincerely When they come to your door, there.fore, receive them kindly and thank them

The scheme is forging ahead The enthusiasm grows Cultivate and maintain that spirit of cheerful sacrifice and all will be well Do what you can give what you can, and pray always; then one day you will be infinitely grateful that you did these things Buy the bricks you have months in which to pay them off!

In the meantime a number of social features are being planned to help on the Sanctuary Fund The first w} be a fancy dress ball at an early date in our own hall The price will be popular the floor, music and supper all that could be desired A prize will be given in connection with the fancy dresses

If you wish to secure any kind of comfortable seating accommodation in the church next Sunday evening be there by 7 o'clock, otherwise you will have to share the standing-room space Next Sunday evening will be the occasion of the crowning of the Queen of May This ceremony never fails to bring tremendous crowds Once you see it you'll never forget it Much patient work has been going on in an effort to make the entire proceedings perfection By your presence there you will not only encourage the children and those who train them, but you'll enjoy a really inspirational function in comfort, only if, however, you get there in time!

Following the ceremony in the church, the congregation will retire to the large school grounds, where a statue of the Madonna will be erected In front of the statue a fire will be arranged, and into this fire will be placed all letters written to Our Lady by her clients in the parish. You may write what you like, only seal t in an envelope, and place it in the box at the door of the church next Sunday evening The box will be supervised by a responsible person, and all letters will be put into the firean emblem of the Immaculate Heart of Mary So write your lettersletters of thanks, letters of praise, letters of promises of more service to Mary, whatever you likeand see they are put into the box After the letters are offered to Our Lady in the fire, the congregation may disperse

Dardanup

HNS BREAKFAST, Hold in 90Year-Old Church.

The first annual Communion Breakfast was partaken of by the Immaculate Conception Branch of the Holy Name Society on Sunday, May 12 Previously Holy Mass had been celebrated by the Rev Father Duffy, who is Spiritual Director of the branch Messrs L Hynes and P Garvey (both Holy Name men) served on the altar During Mass appropriate hymns were rendered excellently by the choir The Spiritual Director and officers of the branch must feel considerably heartened by the numbers and the enthusiasm of the members who attended the breakfast, and indeed it was truly gratifying to see 38 of the branch's membership of 40 present Visitors includoM Rt Rev Monsignor Hayes, Mr D Morris (secretary of the Bunbury Branch), Mr Mark Foley (secretary of the Diocesan Union) and Mr Parkinson, of Midland Junction Mr Foley apologised for Mr Henderson (president of the Union), who was unavoidably absent, being that day engaged in duties connected with the Clontarf field day

Three toasts were honoured: The Hierarchy" being proposed by Mr Bert Harris, and responded to by the Rev Father Duffy The Holy Name Society" was proposed by the Rev Father Duffy, and was replied to by Mr M Foley From both we had interesting details of the inception and growth of the Society Mr P Depiazzi (secretary of the Dardanup Branch) gave the toast of "The Visitors" which was very ably responded to by Mr Parkinson The proceedings were

Subiaco

Popular Child Competition

The popular child competition is progressing satisfactorily Following are coming attractions to remember: Tuesday, May 28: Function in St Joseph's Hall by Wembley section Tuesday, June 5: Grand Community Concert, in St Joseph's Hall, in aid of West Leederville candidate St. Kevin's Tennis Cub

Wednesday, June 12, is tbe date of St Kevin's Tennis Club's annual dinner and dance The presentation of trophies won in the recent club tournaments will take place at this function which is timed to commence at 715 pm sharp After the dinner, a dance will take place, for which a highclass orchestra has been engaged, The subscription to the dinner and dance is 3s All members and their friends are invited to attend.

YOUNG MENS CLUB NOTES Bus Trip

This Sunday (May 26) is the date oi the annual bus trip with Theresians The outing will be to Serpentine, and everything points to a most successful day's enjoyment, Buses have been engaged, one to leave St Joseph's Hall r ,,, .,,, ; Parish and society correspondents are requested to be as con; cise as possible in their reports, as in future space will be strictly a

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at 10 am and the others from "Foys" at 1030 am The main attraction will, of course, be the annual inter-club football match Other features of tbe trip will include running events games etc for both sexes Monster Carnival Dance. There was a good attendance at our last dance held in St Joseph's Hall on May 13 Needless to say, all present thoroughly enjoyed themselves, with Miss Molly Wagner's orchestra again pleasing with splendid music With patrons coming from all over the metropolitan area, besides own own parish, the Subiaco CY MC have reason to be proud of their efforts in bringing together Catholics of both sexes Besides these functions are being held in aid of the Popular Child Competition, and by attending you are doing your share in helping towards the success of the competition

Next Monday evening, May 27, a monster carnival night will be beld, and with heaps of novelties, lucky spots surprises, etc, we look forward to a record number of dancers coming along.

Jottings-

The next meeting of the club will be held on Tuesday, June 4, at 8 pm sharp uAs important news re the activities of the club in general will be discussed it is hoped there will be a full attendance

Further news re the forming of the Athletic Club will be available at the next meeting

NARROGIN

MASS TIME TABLE

May 26: Williams, 830 a.m; Narrogin, 1030 a.m June 2: Narrogin, 8 am: Yealering, 11 am June 9: Narrogin 8 am; Wickepin 9.30 am June 16: Narrogin, 8 a m : YiTiminning, 930 am June 23: Caballing 8.30 am: Narrogin 1030 am June 30: Narrogin, 8 am: Wandering 10.30 a.m.

Mass Te Table.

May 26: Dumbleyung 9 am; Wagin, 11 am June 2 Wagin, 8 am; Arthur River, 10 am June 9: Wagin 8 am: Dumbleyung 10 am June 16: Lake Grace, 9 am-; Kukerin 11 a.m WAGIN

brought to a very satisfactory conclusion by the cutting of the birthday cake, graced with its solitary candle, the ceremonv being performed by Right Rev Monsignor Hayes

The breakfast was held in the old church, built close on 90 years ago, and now used as a school-room and parish hall

S.I C Football

May 12 saw the opening oi the foot ball season in the Moora Association The College journeyed to Coomberdale to engage the locals, There were many changes on both sides and after a very dull game the College were vietorious, the scores being: College, 9I1; Coomberdale, 3 11 Lardi was adjudged the best player on the ground

On Sunday last the College XVIII played their second fixture on the Miling ground, under Umpire McCurdy

Winning the toss the Miling captain chose to play with a stiff breeze blowing down the ground The College ruck functioned very successfully and aided by very strong backs, kept the Miling team down to the small score of 1 goal 3 points Making full use of the wind, the College drove forward attack after attack, but met with spirited resistance, but had a handy lead at half-time

After the long rest, Miling went into attack with renewed vigour and gradually crept up to the College score; but again stout opposition was offered by Prosser Lardi and Read and at threequarter spell the College still had a slender lead

Shortly after the resumption College met with disaster, for it lost the services of G Clune, who had been playing a very effective game at half-for ward Nothing daunted, the remaning I7 put new vigour into their game and could not be resisted Running the Miling players off their feet, they finished with a winning margin of 2 points The final scores were: College, 11,17; Miling 7.15.

The College was best served by Captain Lardi, who received strong support from G Clune (until injured) and D Read Brown (on the wing) played a very dashing game, and was instrumental in putting the College into attack time and time again

Miling's best players were Wilson, R Jones, D Jones, McCarthy and B Harrington

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Thursday, May 23, 1940

CATHOLIC TENNIS ASSOCIATION

By "RON"

Shield Competition

The second round of matches in the Shield Competition were completed last week-end Players in the men's division in all grades are reminded that during the months of June and July all

• matches will commence at 130 pm in stead of 22 pm The women's matches will be unchanged Following were last week's results:

Women's Division

"A" Grade:

St, Mary's, I4 sets 89 games, beat Nedlands, 2 sets 49 games

B" Grade:

St Mary's 1075 beat Highgate No 1, 5.61

St Joachim's, 1185, beat Highgate No 2 558.

St Mary's No 2 1074 beat Star of the Sea, 6,67

St Patrick's, 13.86, beat Theresians, 347.

G'' Grade: Highgate, 972, beat St Patrick's No 2, 5.62

St Patrick's No 1 14.91, beat Columba, 2,47

St Brigid's, 1385, beat Star of the Sea, 350 St Kevin's, 874, beat Theresians, 867 Nedlands, 11.85 beat St Joachim's 5.69

"D'' Grade:

St Brigid's 1179 beat St Joachim's No 1 54

St Kevin's No , 974, beat Star of the Sea, 7.52

St Mary's No 9 57 beat St Anthony's, 759. Highgate N 1, 12.90, beat St Patrick's, 4 49 Nedlands, 9 66, bet Highgate No. 2, 39 St Joachim's No 2, 1083 beat St Joachim's No 3 6.65 Theresians, 1082, beat St, Kevin's No. 2 660

A" Grade:

Men's Division.

St Joachim's, 10.79, beat St. Kevin's, 665 Theresians 9 72, beat St Brigid's, 7 70.

Pt Mary's No 2, 9.77, beat Nedlands, 4 44 "B' Grade:

St Anthony's, 9.86, beat Highgate No 2 756

St Patrick's 8 71 beat St Mary's, 7.61 Nedlands, 10.78, beat Columba, 647 Highgate N 1, 8.77, beat Theresians, 8.68

St Joachim'·, 9.77, beat St. Brigid's, 7 69 y' Grade:

Star of the Sea 9 70 beat Nedlands 7.65

St, Anthony's 13,87, beat St Joa chim's No 2, 3.43

St Brigid's, 973, beat Theresians, 6.55

St Joachim's No. 1, 10 sets, beat St Patrick's, 6 sets

D' Grade: Columba, 15,94, beat St, Kevin's No 2 131

St Kevin's No. 1 10.80 beat Theresian's No 2, 6.79 Highgate, 13 87, beat St. Joachim's, 356 si._ Mary's No 2, 8.80, beat Star of the Sea, 44

St. Marv's No. 1, 1078 beat Theresian's No 1, 6.76,

Trip to Kalgoorlie,

All intending participants in the Association trip to Kalgoorlie and Boulder, scheduled for June 1-3, are reminded that reservations close with the hon secretary on Monday May 27 The party will leave Perth on Friday, and return on Tuesday morning

Tit-Bits of Interest

A new Catholic tennis club will be ushered in on Sunday next, May 26, when the Bayswater Catholic Tennis Club will be officially opened A party of association officials will be present, and later in the afternoon an exhibition match will be played between leading players of the association

Social members are reminded of their meeting to be held in Bacton House on Tuesday evening next, May 28.

All association members are urged to attend the annual ball, which will be held in Anzac House on Friday, June

7 The price of admission is 6s, and a splendid time is assured, Numerous inquiries have been made re the coming Australian Carnival, to be held at Sydney at Christmas It seems likely that our State will be well represented

St Joachim's Branch

Bro G, Keogh presided on May 13

Our deepest sympathy is extended to Bro. J Maskeill in his bereavement

Bro F Ellyards clearance was accepted irom Kalgoorlie

Bro G Keogh extended a very cordial welcome to the officers of the District Board Bro. J Harvey GW, congratulated Bro Keogh and thanked members for their warm welcome

Bro J Edwards, GS, congratulated the secretary on the sound position of the branch The Society will form a unit in the annual procession at Aquinas College in October.

Bro. A Willet, GT, thanked the members for their hospitality

The quarterly Communion will be held on Sunday 26th inst at 7 am Mass Election of officers at next meeting, 27th inst

Boulder

ALI Hallows' Tennis Club

The fourth round of pennant fixtures was finalised last Sunday. Our "A" team defeated Bellevue, winning H sets 89 games to 5 sets 57 games Our C" team defeated A Nu\. 14 sets 95 games, to2 set l games Our D" team suffered their first defeat for the season, losing to Kalgoorlie by 12 sets 91 games to 4 sets 64 games

Next week the Goldfields Tennis Association commence their annual tournament, which will be finalised on Jun 1 2 3 Several of our players are competing in various events and should do fairly well

The club's weekly dance was held in the Druids' Hall last Wednesday night and was well patronised Members and friends are invited to attend the weekly dances and thereby help the success of the club,

It is expected that Mr J Edwards and party of the Perth Catholic Association will visit the club from June I to 3, An excellent time is assured

Social

The AII Hallows' Annual Ball will be held n the Boulder Town Hall on Wednesday, June 19, and on Thursday, June 20, a grand juvenile ball will be held. The secretary, Mrs M Maher, and treasurer, Mrs R B Wilson, have a strong committee and successful ball should result

Third Order of St Francis

The monthly meeting took place on Sunday, May 5 Owing to illness, the Prefect, Bro, Jude, was unable to attend, and he sent his apologies Bro, Toop presided over the meeting It was decided to postpone the Council meeting until July A report on the Mass Committeeof CWO was read by Sr Ballard

Rev Father Johnston gave an inspiring address on devotion to Mary whom tertiaries specially honour and whom St Francis regarded as Mother He also drew attention to the indulgences to be gained during the month of May and the plenary indulgence and special blessing to be gained on Pentecost Sunday

As it is impossible at present to have a "Visitation," our Spiritual Director has received power from the Provincial to make any alterations or suggestions necessary, and he asked professed tertiaries to send in to him any ideas which they considered necessary for the good of the Third Order Sign same with religious name (no surname) and hand in at the meeting on next first Sunday (not at the Palace), for Father's perusal, Benediction was then given at the Cathedral

NEWMAN SOCIETY

The Society will hold a meetingz in the University Refectory, Crawlev, on Tuesday, June 4, at 8 pm Rev Father J Fahey, DS0, will le ture on 'Social and Economic Problems"

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Problem of Purity

By RICHARD C CABOT, M.D

0UR problem is the problem of purity as a virtue There is no virtue of any kind unless one feels temptation no virtue in bravery where there is no tendency to run away no virtue in truth unless one has a tendency to lie When one thinks one possesses a virtue one must realise that a virtue means a victory over temptation, and never the absence of temptation Chastity is more than innocence or ignorance, just as courage is more than insensitiveness to fear

Neither does one mean by chastity anything which s implied in a lifie led under physical restraint The murderer who tries to murder and whose pistol misses fire is physically restrained from doing what he intended to do, but so far as virtue is concerned he has as little as the one who succeeds Sg anyone physically free from evil relations has not necessarily chastity or purity; and this is equally true, though less obvious when one is restrained not by physical bonds but by fear of physical consequences

Neither can we define chastity as the abstinence from certain acts, for if we did there could be no such phrase as "a chaste wife;" yet we must retain that phrase

This, I believe, is the ultimate mean ing of purity or chastity that in the presence of temptation one is guided by the power of a consecrated affection, a higher love Christians should always think of chastity as guidance by a higher affection, and finally by the highest of all affections the love of our Master The most love-compelling personality, that which has the greatest power in holding us straight, is the personality of Christ

Wilt the knowledge of facts produce purity?

Well, I have been dealing for 40 years with medical students; as a teacher and practitioner of medicine I have had to do with some thousands of them, and have been pretty intimate with a good many hundreds Medical students, by reason of their studies, have to know the facts of anatomy, physiology and disease on which many of the teachings of what is called sex hygiene appear to depend These students know the facts; but I have never found that their knowledge made them any more chaste than other people, or any less sorather it left them just about the average of men Now, if the full knowledge of facts could hold people straight and make them behave themselves, medical students ought to be an ideal body of men But they are not We have therefore, a sufficient answer to any who believe that knowledge of facts and the resulting fear of disease and share are powerful motives for good behaviour in this field

All over the country there is already too much tendency to believe that to be found out is the great sin I think Christians have a special duty to insist on the religious view of this matter expressed in those wonderful words "Against Thee onlv have I sinned,"' which state well the correct view: that immorality is not primarily a matter of social disorder, nor a matter of personal misfortune but is a rupture of the relation between the soul and God, and ultimately nothing else

I object very much therefore to the use of the term "hygiene' in this connection The hygienist teaches you how to avoid consequences Hygiene is like going out with an umbrella to avoid getting wet That is the spirit of hygieneto tell us what we can do to avoid certain consequences of ill health Suppose you said to boy, Do not steal because you may be put in prison, and prisons are unhygienic!" This is absurd, of course, but on the whole no more absurd than the sort of teaching we are getting I regret to say, very largely from my profession in this particular matter

If then we cannot depend upon such warnings, we naturally turn to education as the great way out of the problem of impurity Sex-education" is in vogue today because of the failure of repressive measures People have come to feel that if we only stated all the facts clearly (which is what the majority mean by education) we should conquer

Value of Education

In a larger sense I heartily believe that education is the way out of unchastity, education in the sense that all Christianity is education So if anyone asks if education is the way out, I would say yes and no; yes, if one takes it in the Christian sense; no if one thinks of education 'as merely the conveying of information

I think the special value of mere information in this field is to counteract misinformation, and that seems a perfectly definite though a very small part of our problem Everyone knows that a great mass of misinformation floats about the community especially among younger people of both sexes on matters concerning chastity; for in stance that it is unhealthy to lead a strictly continent life Although there is no scientific backing for that fallacy there are people who sincerely believe that a continent life is prejudicial to health Hence it is our duty to combat this fallacy It hardly seems as if it ought to need denial How any one can look at the training of athletes in which the rules require a straight life in this respect, and still hold to the old superstition about the unhealthiness of continence I cannot understand But there are such people, and therefore the truth should be stated

Then there is the question of frankness and its relation to modesty Many say that the virtue of modesty is an outgrown affair, and that we to-day, in accordance with the revelation: of science, have no use for it As a result of this idea much is said under the name of 'frankness" that does not deserve praise

It is said, "To the pure all things are pure;" it is also said that nothing is unclean or improper in itself and there i no reason why we should not deal with anything in any company The answer to that seems to be contined in the nature of our minds and in the relation»hip of our minds to ourbodies It is a general law of mental action tht if our mind interfere in province where they do not belong, w get into trouble. Here is a very simple example Most of us are unaware, fortunately, of the condition of the ind of our own mouths. We do not often get our minds fixed on thi un important matter But it is very easy t get our consciousne: dislocated so that we are in trouble If anyone be in: to consider the condition of the nside of his own mouth he will find that he has too much saliva Before his attention was fixed on it there was no such condition, now it is quite distressing This is an illustration of the reltion between mind and body, and of the hair balance existing between normal and abnormal consciousness We can say, To the pure all things are purewhy then should not the human being think about the inside of his own mouth?" Well, I have shown why

These reflections sugget a deeper thought, namely, that we are not a perfectly regulated mechanism which will run by itself forever in a natural way but that we are on the edge of disaster all the time Explosions of one kind or another are always likely to take place and we must know enough to avoid them I think myself, that this is connected with what Christians call original sin": that there is a flaw in us so deep that we are going to get into trouble, unless through mod esty, through self-control, through higher enthusiasm we get away from the environment that tends to explosion These explosions are more dangerous and more common in men, and it is essential that we shoould realise that one great difficulty in the field of affection, often miscalled sex, is in this tendency to explosiveness which is greater on the part of the male than the female Everybody knows that one should keep a certain distance away from an explosion, and this habit of keeping at a distance from temptation is one of the things that anybody, who is helping himself or anybody else to keep safe, has to understand My own particular type of explosion is a library I always find that to go into a library results in disaster I go in with half an hour to spend and I spend five That is obviously ridiculous but it is also really a serious matter I will venture to say there are few of us to whom there is not something that stands in the same relation to life that a librarv does to me That is parallel to the reason for modesty One must keep one's distance from certain topics, because of the explosive effect of all that comes out of the relation of flesh and spirit, a relation which seems to me part of "original sin," whereby we are not to be trusted in some respects # #

Social Needs

Another error which we should be prepared to fight is the fallacy about what is called sexual need as compared with our human need of food In the first place this is medically false

Thursday, May 23, 1940

There is no such need, comparable to the need of food Further than that, the phrase seems blasphemous, because t implies that all the continent people, ii' the unmarried, are blighted in their lives because they are not allowed to t what they are supposed to need It tu' s to me that Christian law is that human beings are made to be perpetually unsatisfied and ought to be so AI] affection has and ought to have in it this perpetual hunger this unsatisfied element This is just as true of those happily married as of anyone else St Augustine meant this when he said "Thou madest us for Thyself, and our soul is restless until t shall repose in Thee We have a longing for God that is never satisfied on earth and all forms of affection both mental and physical, are sacred or can be made so because they are the unsatisfied attempt at the expression of our eternal longing for God We know, if we are familiar with young people how love and religion both bring up at the adolescent period, be cause love and religion represent the same fundamental hunger and impulse Both, we know, are apt to be over-emotional In a happy marriage, their love and their sacrifice is a revelation of what God is and should be and vet in the best marriages there is al ways and ought al· to be, this hungry element

Closely akin to this is the parellel error of supposing that marriage is the only normal state for a human being Marriage has been the greatest happiness in my life, yet I am clear that the Lord did not mean everybody to be married, and that the satisfaction of the hunger of the human soul is still as far off for the married as for the unmarried No one who thinks of Toan of Arc can think that marriage is the only perfection for human life! People are looking for the centre of the universe, and they may find it in marriage or they may not People sometimes marrv themselves to their work or to their country's service, and find as great satisfaction there, as much of God, as others do in marriage

The fundamental longing, then, in the human being, body and mind, is the longing for God. Sex so-called is one aspect of that longing, patriotism is another, and the reaching out after science and truth and beauty are others but none of these is any more fundamental than the others

Divine Love. Human love must not exclude divine love Call to mind that saying of Christ, "Inasmuch as ye did it to the least of these ye did it unto Me" Of course, as Christians we all believe that But we do not all put the same: interpretation on it I think it in volves a structure of inter-communication of human beings with each other and with Christ Inasmuch, or just as much, as we exert love towards any human being we exert it towards Christ, and as much as we exert it towards Christ we exert it towards all human beings I think we sometimes fail by not taking the Scriptures literally enough and sometimes by taking them too literally Here I think we cannot be too literal If I strike this table beside me with my hand, the force of the blow is transferred to all the universe, because the vibration goes through the structure of the table, through the door of the house and the roof and on through all the universe by physical law Inasmuch as you exert the force of love upon any human being, because of a similar law of continuity, because of the connection of every human being with every other and with the infinite, you exert it unto Christ That seems to me a liberal fact, not an ideal, but a fact that we can verify as we verify the facts of physics

Human beings are made unique There are no two faces alike, no two finger-prints alike, no two hand-writings alike; yet we forget this and do not live up to it in our spiritual relations We do not treat each other always as unique, though our faces and finger-prints prove that we are That fact is forgotten in the sin of imper sonality which enters into affection and degrades it, The recognition of the uniqueness of personality consecrates affection '

The greatest love is the love which has in it the choice of one and only one in the universe The baser types of love are base because of their lack of choice, cf their 'mpersona'ty, and not becau they are merely physical"

hers of one another," each needs and furthers the other's growth

Christian Beliefs

Any behaviour that does not forward the growth of those concerned starts decav that no one wants. Christians believe in marriage because they are convinced that it is more apt to develop their lives than any other relation between the sexes They disbelieve in sex relations before marriage or outside marriage because experience seems to show that these relations pull down lives instead of building them up They believe that divorce is far too common n the United States because they know that most divorces happen not for the causes given in court but because one of the parties decides to marry someone else This situation arises because one or both of the married couple has violated previous (usually tacit) agreement not to let themselves fall in love with someone else Willingness and not chance governs this kind of dishonesty The person who keeps all the doors of his mind open for counterattractions will be drawn awav from the sort of devotion to his mate out of which successful marriage can be built There is a time for the open mind Growth demands oth, each at the proper time

The same testgrowth-prospect vs stagnation which is rottingseparates good from bad in the other problems of sex. Petting, self-abuse, and homosexuality are sterile, not fertile They are waste instead of construction They slow us up when we need to go on Every act has roots and branches It concerns other people It touches our own past and our own future It starts a habit or at least a tendency It is true and immensely fortunate that single acts cannot make or destroy a character once for all We have in us an endless capacity to right ourselves even after we've been thrown on our beam ends But no sensible person lurches to his beam ends intention ly or takes a false step on purpose

PASSION PLAYERSAA. MEN

Anny Rutz who became world-famous as the Madonna in the Oberammergau Passion Play, now has charge of the food card distribution office in the celebrated village

She went to England about nine years ago to find a job as a servant She told a 'Universe'' interviewer at the time that conditons in Germany bad been growing steadily worse, and her mother needed help

Several men players are in the 6erman forces

Hubert Mayer, Willy Bierling and Anton Bierling, who were to have taken the parts of the Apostles Peter, [ames and John in the next performance of the play, are members of an anti-aircraft detection squad on a high peak in the Bavarian Alps With them is Hans Mayer, who was to have been the High Priest Caiphas

The Passion Play was to have been revived this year, There is no hope of it now

The men have shaved off their beards and all the villagers who had been letting their hair grow long have had it cut short

BISHOP GIVES SPECIAL MEDALS TO BABIES

Every Catholic babv born in the American diocese of Buffalo receives a medal of the Infant Jesus blessed by :he Bishop, Mgr John Duffy

The medal is attached to a card :hich bears the Bishop's coat-of-arms, is seal and his signature When a aby is baptised its mother is preented with the medal by the Bishop's committee for Christian Home and Family

DEAD SEAMAN WRITES HOME FROM GERMANY.

*Chastity

Chastity is really the consecration of affection I recall the beautiful phrase "Deep calleth unto deep," as the essen tial characteristic of the consecrated relation of two human beings, the best of one human being leaping out to meet the other, the best of body as well as soul, the best of incarnate spirit

This affection is strengthened by the touch of the elemental When differencesare wiped away, and people stand in line for their bread at the supply depot they feel their human oneness and for the time are conscious of a real human brotherhood That exemplifies the reinforcement of a rather feeble sense of brotherhood among people like ourselves by the elemental Feeble bits of affection in us can be strengthened and consecrated by the touch of elemental nature which does make people kin

Affection is further consecrated and reinforced by touch with beauty Any one of us who cares for music must have noticed how, in coming out from some concert that he has cared for, he feels much closer to his friends, how all his affections for those he sees and joins with are quickened by the impetus of that music The beauty of any art reinforces personal affections Many a husband and wife who have gone to the theatre together, with their affections jaded and dull, have come home loving each other better because of the impetus of art One of the greatest values in the right kind of theatrical art is its power to reinforce our human affections

In a nation of working people like ours I do not need to write much about the consecrating value of work in its relation to affection Any of us who have worked together do not need to be reminded of what common work an do in binding us not only to those we work for but to those we work with I do not need to write more than a paragraph about the effect of common worship on human affections I think I doneed, however, to say that in proportion as elemental life beauty patrotism or religion, calls out a great force in us, rouses also a great peril There is not one of these forces in which I am not aware of great dangersexplosions as I have earlier call ed themand I would not except one not even common worship The greatest things have the greatest dangers

Some of us have seen a baby two or three years old, in the slums of the city, working his way through the crowd and fending off the legs of the grown-ups as though they were posts Sober impersonality is laughable in a baby, but not n a grownup We can rightly treat people as posts bump against them and ward them off only in bbvhood But some of us have never grown up and still go on treating people like posts and bumping against them impersonally

The baser forms of love, then, and the other forms of religionany form except the Christiantend to be impersonal The peculiarity of Christianity lies in its reverence for personality And the most awful thing in the most desecrated human affection though I still insist that it shall be called human and shall be called affection -the most awful thing in prostitution is its impersonality That there is no distinction-that is the terrible and obvious fact Yet we are moved to be charitable even in thinking of that when we notice that in the human contacts of every one of us there is some impersonality We do not always recognise the unique human soul before us; we do sometimes behave Ike stuffed figures and treat others as the same When the conductor takes your ticket in the train do you always think of him as a unique human being with a family at home? Every one of us is stained with the sin of impersonality in some part of his life and so we can be charitable with those others who are stained with the same sin, in the baser kind of love

The chief practical difference between the Christian ideal and that of the other great world religions that have come out of the Orient is this: Christianity is concerned not only with what happens to us after death but with the success of our lives on earth Christianity takes this world seriously, and not merely as a preparation for another world More than other religions Christianity has tried to put its leaven into the secular life of men, women, and children It has encouraged monastic life for certain men and women; never for all When Christ said, "I am come that ye might have life and have it abundantly," we may be sure that He de sired the fulfillment and not the destruction of our human nature Fulfllment requires pruning and restriction but only for the sake of fuller growth The "hunger and thirst after righteousness" which He made a glowing fact for us describes a growth that includes all the familiar virtues and many others Courage, honesty, chastity, perseverence imagination are good because they help us to grow Whatever helps growth ("the life abundant") is good Whatever obstructs it is bad And because we are quite literally "mem

Do we always know beforehand what tep is going to be false? In science and in matters of skill we do not In morals we do; but in moral we have wonderful capacity to fool urselves into behaving as if we did not know ur right path when in fact w do. Intellectual decisions may be too hard for us Moral decisions are always lear until we throw dust in our own eyes because we do not wish to see clearly Keep at this practice long enough and our moral eyesight may be permanently injured, but we have only ourselves to thank Perhaps sometime we may find a relation of the sexes that promotes growth more than marriage does But that relation will not be polygamy nor promiscuity nor infidelity nor homo sexuality nor a divorce rate such as now prevails in the US Those ways have been thoroughly tested and found rotten

But if one asks what gain we have made in sexual morality or in the rational management of ourselves so as to live more abundantly, I think we must recognise that that is not the strong point of our progress. The standards set by Jesus Christ are still the best we have, and we are not apprecably nearer to obeying them

Catholic Women's League

Catholic Ball

The Catholic Ball will be held on June 26 in Government House Ballroom An energetic committee has all arrangements in hand, and it is hoped to make the event an outstanding success of the season The funds are to be devoted to the Patriotic works of the League D'Arcy's orchestra has been engaged and everything to make the evening a most enjoyable one will be provided by the committee

Annual General Meeting

The annual general meeting will be held in the Cathedral Hall on Tuesday next at 8 pm His Grace the Archbishop will preside and the executive hopes for a very large attendance

Seaman Charles Riley, of Measham, Leicestershire, after narrowly escaping death four times during the past seven months is now a prisoner of war

He was in the Royal Oak, sunk at Scapa Flow Before coming home on leave he was in two raids by German planes on ships at the Orkneys and when afterwards posted to the de stroyer Glowworm he was reported killed in action,

But his parents have now had a post card from him, posted in Germany saying: "Happy quite well, Charlie"

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DEATH

AZ2ZOLA-On May 21, 1940 at Perth, Inez Theresa, dearly loved daughter of Margherita and the late William Azzola, of Boulder, beloved sister of Marie (Mrs J Toia Kalgoorlie) Eleanor and Ida, loved sister-in-law of John Toia, and fond aunt of Anita Aged 22 years Requiescat in Pace

IN MEMORIAM

KENNY-Sacred to the memory of Johanna Kenny who passed away May 29, 1917, dearly loved mother of Mrs O'Brien, grandmother of Jim, Jack, Carmel, Sweet Jesus, have mercy on her soul MALONEOf your charity, pray for the repose of the soul of Edmond Malone, who departed this life May 14, 1936 May his soul rest in peace

RYAN In loving memory of Margaret Ryan fond mother of Ellen O'Loghlen, and grandmother of Phillip, Peter, and Josephine, who passed away on May 22, 1938

RYAN In loving memory of Margaret Ryan who passed away on May 22, 1938 Rest in peace

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SHERIDANOf your charity, pray for the repose of the soul of Cornelius Sheridan, who died at St. John of God Hospital, Subiaco, Mav 29. 1937 RIP -

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Thursday, May 23, 1940

Lourdes

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LLourdes is a perennial puzzle to non-Catholics, who for the most part make up their minds on it without reading anything sensible about it, and still more without visiting it We quote two comments by non-Catholies who were exceptions and actually visited it The first is Dr McNair Wilson, a medical man, who has written books on currency problems, and has recently published a volume of reminiscences which he calls "Doctor's Progress" This is a passage from it The writer is an agnostic

The river of humanity converges into a great sparkling lake in the Cathedral Square

The service is about to begin And even for a blind man, the ceremony would be one to move him to tears. so varied so lovely and so significant are the sounds that he would hear,

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OU RDES horrified and depressed mebut then I had read my Zola and was an agnostic Scotsman, as well as a Liberal I walked down the narrow streets, crowded with the barrows of the salesmen of 'Bon Dieuserie' (I realised with a chill that this meant good-Goderie') to the garden where the Grotto and the fountains are situated Here I saw a priest preaching from an open air pulpit to, I think, an audience of Belgians Everyone, except myself, appeared to be in a state of rapt devotionand th t again caused me a pang of uneasy urprise I introduced myself to the Bishop who was in charge of the English pilgrimage and told him why I had come He invited me to luncheon and showed me immediately the most charming courtesy There was a doctor with him whose name I did not catch; this doctor acted as my guide during the afternoon He was entirely frank and I responded by telling him exactly what I felt To my great surprise he showed no resentment

"I elong." he said, "to a Catholic family We think quite differently from you"

"Bet the miracles?"

"They happen, yu know

I ventured to mention the uual ex planation He shrugged hi shoulders

'We try to eliminate such cases" he said "We are as careful as we can be. But then, of course, we believe in miracles as such If the evidence is good we do not reject it because it happens to point to something which not be explained''

This was by no means the kind of language I had expected, I realised suddenly that this man, who had undergone the same kind of scientific training as I had undergone had retained a kind of faith of which I knew nothing The natural reaction of a Liberal to the incomprehensible is selfcongratulation Though my curiosity was stirred, I congratulated myself that I had escaped from an obscurantism which, as I felt, was manifestly a sheer anachronism in this enlightened age

I would have had more satisfaction in my attitude, however, if the doctor had protested or argued. His almost easual way of speaking convicted me of ignorance even if only ignorance about other people's superstitions He might ha been mentioning the law of gravity I had not supposed that faith could be so lively in any member of my profession,

The Bishop, with whom I had a long talk, was much less simple and so, perhaps less convincing Not that we argued about religion or even about Lourdes and its miracles, but tht there was an insistent note in most of what he said He told me the story of the peasant girl whose vision had led to the discovery of the shrine, emphasising the reluctance of the Church to accept her witness until proof had been furnished, He knew, of course that he was addressing a sceptic in whose eyes "complete proof" represented merely an exceptional degree of hallucination

spent some time walking round little hill upon which are shown the Stations of the Cross I passed some people making the journey on their knees A sense of acting rudely overcame me and I tried to make genufexions at the various stations in order not to offend the people there but was so overcome with shyness that I gave up the attempt, Nobody, in fact, was taking the slightest notice of me

FISHERIES

The second passage is by Beverley Nichols, well known as a prolific writer ot novels and of books on a score of subjects from Buchmanism to gardens He tound himself in Lourdes on the day that war was declared. We give some extracts from an article on it which he wrote for the London Sunday Chronicle"

THESE words are written at the darkest hour They are written far from the home to which I am hurrying back for the storm caught me unawares, bound for Spain, marooned in strange places

But whatever the future may hold for you or for me, whether the clouds have broken by the time these words are published or whether they have rolled away, or are still gathered in menace, I could not rest until I had shared with you the unforgettable spiritual experience of Lourdes

These are times when our faith needs every reinforcement I cannot believe that it was by mere chance that I came to Lourdes

It was almost as if Lourdes came to me A mistake in a passport, an accident on the road, a lost attache case and I found myself unexpectedly driving into a city in which all the bells were ringing, as though in a fairy tale, and all the streets were thronged with pilgrims

I found a room in a little hotel I sent some telegrams which, apparently, went astray in the general European ch And then for one night I became pilgrim with the other pilgrims

But first, let me remind you ot the Listory of Lurdes itself.

It i: a very simple history, Indeed t: simplicity is one of the most miraculous things about it. If it had been a tale of great upheavals of staggering interruptions in the course of Nature's processes it would have been easier to understand and-paradoxically enough-easier to confute But it was nothing like that

It happened on the eleventh of February, 1858

A little peasant girl, aged fourteen, by name Bernadette Soubir ous, went for a walk in the woods

And there, in a Grotto, the Virgin appeared to her, for the first of many times

That is the essence of the story, which unfolds in many variations but always on the same theme

It does not sound very dramatic, told like that, Its drama rests in the fact that in after years it has withstood the most pitiless cross-examination of the incredulous, and that whether it is true or not, thousands of sick people have been cured at this self-same Grotto

They have not merely thought themselves cured They have been cured Not only of whims and fancies and hysterical affections, but of radical diseases, whose disappearance has been recorded by the microscope the stethoscope, and all the battery of scientific investigation

And now, let us join the pilgrims It is about six o'clock, The sky has been dark with clouds but they have drifted away, and the city is bathed in an opalescent glow The entire city breathes an air of the supernatural

And now with the twilight a hush falls over the town and from every street, down every little alley, there winds the strangest and most beautiful procession you have ever seen, for it is a procession of glittering stars

Each star is a candle held in the clasped hands of a pilgrim, and while the light that it sheds into the darkness is silver, the light that falls on each pilgrim's face seems to be of purest gold

Wider and wider grows the stream, more and more brilliant its floating lights till you would say that a vast river of jewels was flowing before you

As we follow its course we see that it is composed of every imaginable type of man woman and child there are bearded priests young acolytes boy scouts negroes in khaki-thereare fashionably-dressed women, nuns, little girls, old peasantsthere are sailors, and widows and tourists

First the clear voice of the priest from the rock above, chanting in a Latin, which has echoed down the centuries

Then the response of the multitude "Ora pro nobis' whispered by so many thousands, spread over so great a space that the words are like the rushing of a mighty wind through some dark forest

Then the peal of the organ, and the multitude breaks into song a chor ale in which all join, young and old, rich and poor black and white so fervently that every discord is blended into a miraculous harmony that ascends like a challenge of the stars

And always in the background, hardly heard except in moments of silent pr yer, 'the eternal murmur of the river swirling down from the mountains

Let us go to the Grotto, It ha been there in the distance, all the time, hining like a star but the crowd have been too thick to approach it

But it is growing late It will be easier now

We are standing before it

For sheer drama-even if we are moved by no loftier sentiments-this place must be unequalled in Europe Th st.tu of the Virgin is placed high on the overhanging rock AI around her i a blaze of candles whose light is intense that the eyes can hardly look at them

And behind, hanging from the rock' bar· surface, are hundrds and hundreds of crutches, mut tu vtimonies t the miracle whih th pot ha; wit nessed

"If God is anywhere, He is here."

I turned round It was day in I had heard an English voice, so remote had been my wanderings

The speaker was a woman of late middle-age with a face which had once been beautiful, but now was twisted and ravaged with suffering

With one hand she leant heavily on a stick with the other she clutched the arm of her companion, a man with snow-white hair, who might have been her husband or her father

I do not know how long I stayed there, It may have been ten minutes. It may have been an hour

But with each minute my faith seemed to be reinforced. It was a faith not only in God but in man who is made in His image, though sometimes that image is so tragically distorted.

And I had a sense, not of war, but of peace By the time these words are published, history may have made them look ridiculous But that is no reason for recanting them

I had an overwhelming sensation in spite of everything, that peace was coming to the world, and coming swiftly with gently-folded wings I wandered back and sat in a Little cafe I had not witnessed the actual ceremony of healing the sick

But all around were men and women, testifying to miracles,

The talk was of nothing else It flowed in a ceaseless, excited stream, much as it must have flowed in the wake of Christ.

Some would say that they are hysterical, temporarily transported, that they would certainly have a relapse

But if this is hysteria the world would be better for more of it, So that was my miracle of Lourdes I have been to a place where for thousands of men and women, the one thing that counts in life is the love of God

A place where hate cannot dwell

Where there is an answer to every problem of life, and always the same answer, 'Love thy neighbour as thyself"

And I repeat that whatever the days mav bring, it is a commandment which I shall put first and last, be the hour dark or light

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Thursday, May 23, 1940

Catholic Missions in the Netherlands East Indies

A unit politiclly as well as geographically, the Catholic Missions at the western entrance to the South Seas present an encouraging picture from year t yar Their progress is mirrored for the world in the Year Book is sued rgularly by the Catholic Mission Centre in Batavia

The Irvey for the year endins lune reveals that the Cat ti r f the Netherlands East In advanced from 532518 to 566,302 Thi reveals an increase of 33,784 A: usual, the "Pearl of the outh Seas," the Little Sunda Islands Mission, a prominent part in these It acount for over nalf of ·tholi of the region: 279,139 at the end of the preceding vear, ti 15,751 a gain of 16,61? :. months under consi n there numbere Other Mis. sion: ouand adult bept were Batavia with 2,015 Dute) 'ime and Manda with 1,019

our Missions in whi 'ics o foreign hat o native tota 26,877 n per sonnel, n an I1 nati nd 2 native nd native euit who a clergy ries o membe I ittl charge ciety has I nd 7 Sisters

nd that of th hold the balance of eccl ion: The form er has 77 minor semin arians, ti uajor ind 87 min ones r the priesthood in all the E at Indi total 344

The nnel of th Netherlands repre nts 14 Congrega ts, 5 of Brthers and 37 of With th aid of lay memi t, lic Action the mis sionarie: hxv founded in the social charitable and edu tonal field model t. t continue to develop and thr'v:. The: are imitations or transplantatin f imilar a sociations in Holl:nd, Timor Bangka-Billiton and Banjorm +in perate sizable hospitals and linis sme Missions, such as Batavia. the Little Sunda Islands, Scorbbaja, Padang, Poorwokorto, Palembang, Mlang, pe sse a variety of such institutions

The statitic for education show as many as thirty kind of schools Orphans and abandoned children are well taken care of National minorities ike the Chinese have schools and colleges provided for their particular needs At the end of June 1939, Catholic school: totalled 1,707, with 93253 boy and 58,454 girls taught by I1,138 religious and 3,048 lay teachers Catholic associations number 24 They are for all classes nd ages and for every imaginable social, religious and sometimes political purposes Besides strictly religious sodalities, there are associations for special social groups and professions There are benevolent societies of great variety including for example one for the support of native seminarists. Another example of the excellent organisation to be found there is offered by the Indian Catholic Radio Centre, which has its secretariat and direction in Batavia There are Catholic tea-houses for the unemployed There is even a special colonisation bureau to encourage set-

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The following information should prove of interest as the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary are to be in charge of the domestic establishment of the nez Pius XII. Seminary in Queensland Six nuns will arrive in Brisbane to take up their duties on September 6th

The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary re engaged in mission work in almost every corner of the globe

Their influence on the rising generation can hardly be over estimated They conduct 57 child welfare centres with a total of 4,890 babies, 110 kinergartens with 7 336 infants 108 orphanages with 13596 orphans, 165 primary and secondary schools with 27,705 pupils, 6 domestic economy schools, and 9 centres with 774 students, 39 be rding houses and 29 hostels with 2217 and 1,975 girl, respectively, 116 workshops with 5,996 employees, and 116 playgrounds attended by 17,437 children The Sisters also take catechism clas :s in 181 parishes, teaching a total of 27,042 children

Their activities in the sphere of medical work are likewise important During the past twelve months a total 18.994 babies benefited from their 15 milk-ditribution centres 14 maternl welfare centres, and 39 similar oransation in the bush The Sisters nduet 83 hospitals and 26 maternity ntres, with a total f 123,164 patients, per homes and 4 leper dispensaries, with a total o 3,300 lepers 5 quarantine stations with 2780 ptients suffer from infectious diseases, 23 oldi. 'ks home: with 757 inmat and 147 dispensaris, at which 5071 486 ptint. receivd medical treatment durin the past year

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o conduct 9 home of refuge for a total of 2091 fallen women 10 centres for w men baptisers and 4l catechumenates with 1,715 catechumens During the past twelve months they paid 56,205 visits to the poor 373 804 to the ick, and 74,055 to persons in prison

The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary have 80 houses in Europe, 126 houses in Asi 61 in Africa 19 in North Am- " erica 24 in South America and 11 in Oceania Many young women in mi: ion lands have felt drawn towards the religious state by the inspiring example of the Franciscan Missionaries Mary wrking in their midst

tlers to go to some of the less poptlated sections of the East Indies

Youth is splendidly taken care of, Side bv side with associations for Europeans there are associations such as the boy scouts, for native youth The Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Panico, after his recent visit to the Netherlands East Indies, declared: "The young people are well organised here

This is a great protection for the future

Last November the Catholic Young Men's Association founded by Father J J Rijkvorsel, SJ-, in 1914, celebrated its silver anniversary with the participation of non-Catholics as well as Catholics Father Rijkvorsol is still director and is working particularly among the native youth

The Catholic press of the Netherlands East Indies is outstanding Besides the daily "Koorier," there are some 43 weekly and monthly periodicals in Dutch, Malay Javanese and atak They cover every class and need, for young people and former inmates of ecclesiastical institutions there are as many as ten

All this variety of good work in so many fields would be impossible were it not for the co-operation of many excellent Catholic lay people of all classes, men and women, private persons as well as functionaries, Europeans and Orientals, This is a matter of encouragement, but these excellent achievements must not close our eyes to the vast work that still remains to be done In the flourishing Little Sunda Islands for example, side by side with 300000 Catholics and 19,000 Catechuens dwell 1,130,000 Hindus 100000 Mohammedans, and 453 000 animists

In Batavia conditions are more striking still There 61,000 Catholicsof whom only 26,877 are non-Europeans, nd 5,129 catechumens are interspersed among 12,600,000 Mohammedans and 285000 pagans

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The most up-to-date Catholic school in the United States is probably the 'athedral Latin School in Cleveland, Ohio, Lunch time is also movie time for Latin School boys, They take sandwiches into their own cinemaadmission one penny-and for 20 minutes see a film They are not dry "educational'' films

The idea is to give the boys a distinct break from school work and its surroundings; so they are shown films such as "Dawn Patrol,'' "Four Fethers," and Count of Monte Cristo"

It tones them up for the afternoon's work

In 20-minute stretches they see two or three films a week for about 5d Listening to Themselves

Public address and recording systems installed in the building enable Latin School bovs to find out their errors when playing instruments, or

They also have a canning'' system tor recording notable events when they are broadcast Among their 'canned records are the broadcast of the Holy Fether's coronation and broadcasts by American commentators abroad

The directors of this school are members of the Society of Mary Every classroom is equipped with an amplifier all connected to a switchboard in the office of the Principal the Very Rev, Lawrence Yeske, who is thus enabled to speak to any r all of the classes by just moving a witch.

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Saturday's Games

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Eas Perth v South Fremantle, at Subiaco bast Fremantle v Subiaco, at Fremantle

Swan Districts v, Perth, at Bassendean West erth v Claremont, at WACA

"Recorder"' selects East Perth, East Fremantle Perth and Claremont to win

Brieflets

Congratulations to West Perth on their defeat of Old Easts at Fremantle It was eleven years since the Leederville lads had defeated the Seaside Blues at the Port

It was a most meritorious win, as Wests' pace stuck to them and pro vided the winning factor The football displayed was not of the highest class, but the better came from the ultimate winners, All in Wests' uniform did well but probably the best was the Cardinal goal-keeper, Caplin

The biggest upset of the season occurred at the W,A.C.A, where the hitherto undefeated Souths were soundly trounced by Perth

The progressive scores are worth putting on record: 3,4 to 02 11.8 to 0.5; 1510 to 37, and 18.15 to 710, How did it all happen?

Souths were right off their game, while Perth wa: in wonderful form. Seldom have the Redlegs played better Men who in previous games were refer red to as not being B'' Grade players, rose to it and performed with sheer brilliancy

Bert Gook was probably the best of a very good combination. He won all along the line nd initiated many of Perth's bet moves Low Scoring South' t. Ily of 05 at half-tim is uncommonly low, Many refused to believe that the halftime scores had been put over correctly, when they were broadcast: Perth, 11.8; South Fremantle, 0.5 They've missed the goals " was a frequent comment

Yet that five points at half-time is not a record for a WA League match.

In 1906 Subiaco against Souths failed to score for the whole match, while in 1912 Subiaco cored 6.9 to 03 against Wests Perth scored 13.22 to North Fremantle 0.5 in 1915, while even famous Old Easts in 1908 had the record against them in a match against Perth 0.1: 05: 09, 012, while the Redlegs kicked 6.4 On several occasions when playing Souths, Perth has run up a big lead, but generally the Southerners were able to get alongside of them, and sometimes headed them off to win, but last week the Seaside Reds were never in the hunt

Cycling

Major Taylor a negro was a world's champion cyclist He visited Australia twice On the first occasion he per formed brilliantly, proving too good for the opposition but on his second visithe found the opposition much more solid, principally because of the presence of two Americans, Floyd McFar land and Ivor Lawson both of whom raced in this State in the Great Westrals at Coolgardie Teaming, Lawson and McFarland often defeated Taylor, but when raced without the other's assistance the ' Flying Major" almost invariably won He met Lawson in several matches in Australia, but McFarland was a different proposition Taylor was defeated by McFarland and Lawson in a test race half-mile but McFarland was disqualified for a month for interference with Taylor There was no ove lost between them and this incident did not mprove matters In four-mile and five-mile test races Taylor had been defeated by Lawson by inches, the latter having "teamed" with McFarland With McFarland out of the way however, Taylor's tasks were easier Starting alone from scratch in the Summer Wheel Race, of one mile, Taylor broke the Australian record for competition with 1min 5 25sec Then he met Lawson in a mile test race, and with McFarland absent, won by a length In a test race for the Gold Stakes, Tavlor defeated McFarland after a thrilling finish by inches but Lawson with McFarland's aid, accounted for Taylor in the final Then in a mile

scratch race, in which McFarland punctured, Taylor beat Lawson, At the Adelaide Oval, Taylor and Mc Farland staged another magnificent struggle in the Mile Championship of Australia, which was won by Taylor by two feet

Competing from scratch n the "Syd ney Thousand" of a mile Taylor won his heat in Imin 58sec, and the semifinal in Imin 58 15sec, but in the final, after he had done most of the pacing for the back-markers he failed to reach the placed men and finished ten yards behind the winner Taylor was fairly defeated by McFar land in the Kent Plate, a big scratch race of a mile, covered in min 52sec, At the same meeting there was a sensation when Taylor defeated Me Farland in a five-mile scratch race Jut after tho last lap was entered upon M 'arlnd jumped to the front, with Taylor on his wheel McFarland, laving the others, raced alongside Taylor Either he came down on Taylor «r the latter switched McFarland a he had a number of spokes torn out ; his front wheel Anyway Tayler" blamed and was fined £5 G n to Melbourne, Major Taylor won four race, and back in Adelaide tint ! his sequence of wins with three ·ucce es in one day, over two mile ne mile and half-mile the lat being wn, with ease, from scratch in 56 c That race ended Taylor's Australian tour In Europe he announc d his retirement in 1904, but h reappeared in France three yars later He was greatly over-weight, I2t, 11lb, gainst his normal wight of I1st 11lb As was to be expected, h howed poor form for a while, and wa: beaten in a four. rnered race, the winner being Friol, world' hmpion EIlegaard being second and Taylor third He showd much better form in his next outing finishing ond to Friol in the Grand Championship (T be concluded next w k)

A1 Grade. In this grade, Old Aquinians regstered a meritorious victory over Guildford, 43 For Old Aquinians the scorers were P Haynes (2 McNamara and O'Hara, and for Guildford Marshall (2) and Mehling

A2 Grade Old Wesleyans beat Old Aquinians by the odd goal, 32 For the winners the goals were hit by Foster (2) and Dick, and for Old Aquinian: Cooper 2)

A Big Win

In the BI Grade, St Ildephonsus reg istered a big win over Aquinians, 102 For the winners the goal-hitters were Haynes (4) Gaynor (2) Longmore (2) Campbell and Henderson; and for the losers Cole (2),

Junior No 1 Grade In this grade Old Aquinians drew with Suburban 1-all O'Brien scoring for the Red and Blacks and Rippon for Suburban

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MARITANA STREET lard That happenedon July1 1919, Tel 438 :: Tel 438 at Toledo Ohio America, When the Dempsey was following advice and match was made not many of the taking things quietly He was relaxfight fans fancied the Manassa Mauler ing and resting Willard was doing as being able to vanquish the giant most of the work in that round, alWillard They argued that Jack was though he had not accomplished much too small They didn't know their of worth Dempsey, didn't know the power of his And then it happened punch

Evidently Dempsey had become a Dempsey didn't make any secret little careless He moved in close to about his fight plans He had fought Willard, who didn't give ground big men before, and he knew how to Through his half-shut eyes he glimpsed set about the conquering of the man his opponent and let loose with his to whom he would be conceding much right hand uppercuta great one it weight He said quite frankly that was, too It caught Dempsey under he would keep under Willard's left the jaw and fairly lifted him off his jabs, and concentrate on pounding his feet, but Dempsey managed to keep out body. Then he figured that would of harm's way for the rest of that secbring the big fellow down to his ond round heighthe would bend from the bar- To be concluded next week) rage of body blows It was then Dempsey's plan to use lefts and rights for the jaw and ke:p the right concentrating on that :ctor, until he had spread-eagled big Jet

Let's see how it worked out

They're fighting now! They moved round each eyeing the other closelv There were a few fiddling smacks let go, and then Willard landed the first blow f th fight- left jab-·but when h tried to repeat, Dempsey crouched under it, mov:d in, and put everything in him int right-handed punch- right under the heart

Ev y Demp:'y tell you, w the tit! with that aetu [though h had to shoot ·fore th battle ·hampion of t

deva in, a Jaw then knoe ed on he wa down a round

He h m ff th fl r th time re mnd ;roggy, and it wa plain f t th.t he was in a very Yet he never flinched D tore int him, punching fiercely dewn wnt the champion in a f punche He collapsed near hi wn cornr The refere tarted the count ovwr him "One two, tir" ·on and on he went Those were th davs before a man who had sord knock-down hod to go to a neutrl rner, Dempsey stood alongside th referee and litened to the count-"sven, ight, nine''-and then it cam out.

Dempey had knocked out Willard in the first rund- that is what heand many others thought.

His seconds hauled Dempsey back to his chair The excited crowd, seemingly had gone madit was rushing to the ring It crashed over the press tables, doing all the damage imaginable They ·ll wanted to shake hands with Dempsey

Dempsey's manager, fearing his charge might be injured, ordered him to hurry to his dressing-room

When Dempsey had travelled about 50 feet from the ring, a fellow in front of him began to call and vell, and wave his arms back towards the ring, Dempsey turned and looked, and what he saw astounded him Jack Kearns, Dempsey's manager, was waving his arms and yelling and the manner in which he was acting told Dempsev that something must be wrong. Kearns was now yelling to Dempsey to hurry back He couldn't get to Dempsey the intervening crowd being too dense Dempsey reached the ringand Kearns, in a frenzy yelled: "The fight's still on The bell saved Willard Take it easv this round!"

The bell rings Willard's face was a mess as he advanced towards Dempsey for the opening of the second round He was badly battered, but still undaunted, a very plucky fighter He came at Dempsey pawing with his left, as if he could not locate his op-

Racing

Reing on Saturday will be at Belmont Park. Here is an early (before the weights) both ways" tip for each event:

Hurdles Gunga Das Plate: Aran

Purse: Kerlion

Handiap Cresting

Breeder: Copperhead

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The Jumping Season Th next important events will be e Nationals,' and so readers will be pt psted with opinions of Eastern Stt'' judges on the form and prospects of candidates

FROM THE EAST

Watching closely the moves at Flemngton, I think I have ·n something ard to the Grand

the week Bill'' Burke, who double last year with Green Giant Killer, transferred BozGiant Killer from Fleminge they have been for months, rm at Pascoe Vale-the spot can put all the work that s into them for the big jumpg double

Burke adopted this procedure last year with Green Cape and Giant Killer with whom he pulled off the double-Acot."

Sydney has unearthed a brilliant jumper in Blackie Miller, winner of two hurdle races at Randwick in his last two starts

Trainers Neil McKenna and Pat Nolan, who have specialised in jumpers and cross-country rider L, J Hynes consider him a find," and say that he would have no difficulty in jumping hurdles at Flemington"The Clubman"

Of the younger jumpers in training at Flemington, I should say that we can expect most from Shanghai, in Alex Fullarton's stable The improvement he is making from day to day is most noticeable-"Darriwell

When First Brigade arrived from Adelaide six weeks ago, track men at Caulfield agreed that he was a good jumper, but until he schooled last week they did not realise how good he was He was sent over six hurdles by Laurie Meenan and could not be faulted It was evident from the dash he exhibited that he knows all there is to know about the game-'Nerlen"

Trotting

There will be a meet conducted by the Fremantle Trotting Club at Richmond Park on Saturday The proceeds from this meeting will go to Premantle charities

Special trains and trams will be provided for the convenience of patrons, and there will be a regular motor service from St, George's Terrace direct to Richmond Park

The programme will comprise six events opening with the Breeders' Handicap for 217 class, with Grand other races will be over the I mile 5 furlongs distance Four of them are for the 2.22 class and the Benevolent Handic ap for 217class with Grand Mogul, 132 behind giving starts to sixteen others,

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Q What special circumstances furthered the institution of Corpus Christi?

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Q What is the leading thought in the liturgy of the feast?

A That suggested by the well-known versicle and response after the Tantum Ergo' of the Benediction Service: 'Panem de coelo, etc': "Thou hast given them bread from heaven, having in itself all sweetness" All the hymns emphasise the incomprehensible paradox that the King of Glory gives Himself as food to frail mankind O wondrouus gift indeed! The poor and lowly may Upon their Lord and Master feed"

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The familiar Tantum Ergo" and "O Salutaris Hostia," which constitute the concluding stanzas of the 'Pange, lingua, gloriosi" ting, my tongue, the Saviour s glory) the Vesper hymn of the feast and of the "Verbum Supernum prodiens" the Heav'nly Word proceeding forth) the Hymn of Lauds respectively, suggest some of the chief thoughts f the liturgy of the feast

Q By whom were the Mass and Otrice of Corpus Christi composed?

A By St Thomas of Aquin (1274), the Angel of the Schools, and the greatest theologian of the Church The Sequence of the Mass, "Lauda, Sion, Salvatorem" (Praise O Son praise thy Saviour) which is based note by note and syllable by syllable on the "Laudes crucis attollamus" of Adam de Saint Victor (1192), is as remarkable for its perfect exposition of the dogmatic teaching on the Blessed Eucharist as for the conciseness of its phrasing and the elevation of its thought,

Q When was the Procession of the Blessed Sacrament introduced?

A Not until fiften vears after the introduction of the feast No mention of procession is made in the Bull, Transiturus," in which Pope Urban IV established the feast The special acts inculcated n this Bull were active participation in the Holy Mass and assistance at the public recital of the Divine Office Active participation in the Holy Mass i the highest and most fruitful form of dvotion to the Most Holy Sacrament

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The attitude which St Paul described in his repeated repudiation of surface distinctions whether of class, race, sex or status, is essentially Christian, as true to-day as it was in the beginning

Whenever, therefore, we find a the ory or policy, the realising of which would tend to obscure or make more difficult the God-designed unity of mankind, and especially the brotherhood f Christians, we can safely stigmatise t as contrarv to the mind of Christ This is not, of course, to deny that the division of the human race into separate nationalities is in accord with Div ine Providence, but, though God wills the existence of distinct States, it is no part of His purpose that they should be hostile to each other, or seek their wn interests at each other's expense

For He wishes all to belong to the universal spiritual kingdom which He et up on earth at a fixed point of human history and to hold that spiritual citizenship of greater account than any individual loyalties And, of those who are called to belong to the Church His Apostle has said "We have no

biding city but seek th.t which is to come '

Our heavenly citizenship, therefore, which really exists, although its full enjoyment is o :. p ust amm t ures differ nand pr d ions ning f p grace and are eserved, or r for n be had hut ou A d y un o uman his that I am capable of od

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TEN RULES OF LIFE

1 To value life and make good us o it.

2 To live with faith,

3 To observe the Commandments of God

4. To pray nd work

5 To consecrate all cares and trouFie: to Our Saviour

6 To dispose each day well beginning it with the sign of the Cross and n the name of God

7 To observe Sundays and holvdays

8 To order family and domestic life according to Christian principles

9 To apply charity and justice to social life

10 To follow always and in all things the counsels of the Church

The Busbies' Comer

Dear Cornerites

To-day is the great feast of Corpus Christi, the second commemoration of the institution of the Blessed Eucharjst on Holy Thursday This feast is honoured throughout the world by spe:] celebrations and processions of the [jgsed Eucharist in churches throughout all Christian lands The words themselves mean 'Body of Christ and nvey to us the most impressive mys- ~es surrounding the Tabernacle The feast of the Blessed Eucharist__ on Maundy Thursday being in Holy Week is tinged with sadness and many other ceremonies cause the principal event to be lost sight of This is the chief reason for the second feast on May 23. In the 13th century St Juliana of Mont Cornillon in Belgium, had such a great veneration for the Blessed Sacramentthat she longed for a special feast in its honour At her request the Bishop of Liege instituted such a feast in his diocese and later Pope Urban IV ordered the annual cele bration of the fe t on the Thursday following Trinity Sunday and granted many indulgences to the faithful who attend Mass on this day Throuhoar the I4th, century the devotion spr:ad throughout Europe In the United States and some other countrtes the solemnity is held on the Sunday aftr Trinity Sunday, but in Australi it is on Thursday

AUNT BESSY MAIL BAG

Byford

Dear Aunt Besy,Enciosed please hnd postal note for ls f« Lemonade Bottle, in thanskgiving for favours recejved from Cur Lady of Lourdes _ The Little Flower and St. Anthony I am also sending some stamps by same mail, Wishing you all the best and hope your Lemonade Bottle far ex ceeds your expectation for it i: a worthv cause, and m tw boy' have benefited by the ·heme in days gone by when we lived in the Never Nevers "SILVER LINING.'

Dear Silver Lining, Having lived in the outback you would realise how very mportant th :heme is for chi! dren living out ther» now I am glad that you still remember the cause n honour of pour patron saints, and I hope you will remember it in your prayers too Thank you very much for your donation and also for the stamps, which came to hand in good condition

AUNT BESSY North Perth

Dear Aunt Bessy,-Just a short letter to you to tell you that our school had a little concert to-day and got a lot of pennies to send you for the Bushies I am seven years old and hope to make my first Communion this year Will you send me a prick card please?

BETTY GOERKE

Dear Betty,The prick card was sent away by first mail and you have pro bably received it by this I hope you will fl! it up easily as the Cardboard Brigade isn't doing so well this year, The concert was a great idea for helping the Bushie along, and tell Sister I was ever so grateful for the big help it gave the Corner this week.

AUNT BESSY k k k Highgate

Dear Aunt Besy, This is my first letter to you. I wanted to write so Sistr let me do this at home I used to go to school at Nanson, to the Convent, and Sister Dominic taught me, and Sister Lucy teaches me now We had a lovely concert at school to-day and I was in four songs We got a lot of pennies for the Bushies' prick cards

PAULINE SIVERIGHT

Dear Pauline, Welcome to the Corner! We are always pleased to add new names to the list The concert must have been a great success judgIng from all the pennies I have received this morning

AUNT BESSY.

k k k North Perth

'ear Aunt Bessy,-Do you rememr me? I wrote to you a long time ago before I started school Margaret d I are going over to Aunt Mary's [";" Qr holidays I have another lite sister too; her name is Nora and my little brother Hughie will be one Year old soon Will you please send me a card to fll in for the Bushies

MAUREEN NALLEN

beDear Maureen -Of course I rememr ' 4, 'Ou and I am very glad you have ecided to join the Corner again, Your

With Thanks.

Fridy is the feast or Our Lady He:p of Christians, Patroness of Australia and New Zealand During these times of great strife in other lands we should pray earnestly to our Patroness to protect our own land from the ravages of war and other evils

little brother and sister will have to join us too when they are old enough I have sent the card along and I hope you will not find it any trouble

AUNT BESSY

k # k #i North Perth

Dear Aunt Bessy I am in first stan dard at school I am in Sister Lucy's class We are having one week's holidy I am making my first Holy mmunion very soon

BILLY HARVING

Dear Billy Your first Holy Communion day will be a great day for you, won't it? I hope you will always remember it later on and will be as good a boy then as I am sure you are now You are very lucky to be having holidays again, and I hope you will enjoy them very much,

AUNT BESSY

it it Highgate

Dear Aunt Bessy,You will be glad to get a little letter from me again I have been away from school sick Carmel is two years old and she has the mumps We had a lovely concert and Sister has the pennies for the prick cards for you

URSULA BROPHY

Dear Ursula, Sister has sent the pennies along to me and I was very pleased to receive them I am indeed sorry you have been sick and I hope you are quite all right now Poor Carmel, I hope the mumps will soon be gone

AUNT BESSY

ADOPT A BUSHIE

If you wish to forward "The Record and any other Catholic literature to a Bushie family sund a stamped-addressed envelope to Aunt Bessy, who will forward you a name and address Actually no Literature itself must be sent to this officeonly the stamped, addressed envelope

Highgate

Dear Aunt Besy,It is a long time since you have had a letter from me, but I do not forget the Bushies I hope Sandy is well

YVONNE BROPHY

Dear Yvonne,-Thank you very much for vour little letter and also for the stamps which you sent along Sandy says Highgate is the star distriet for helping the Bushies and he thinks he'll go to live there when he retires What do you think about that?

AUNT BESSY

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GAVE "UNKNOWN SOLDIER' IDEA TO NATIONS.

The man who conceived the idea of the "Unknown Soldier" M. Binet Valber, noted French writer, has died in Paris He became a Catholic a short time ago and had since lived in retirement, cutting all his connections with the theatre and literature M Binet Valmer was born in Swit zerland but became a naturalised Frenchman in 1914 in order to join the French Army Badly wounded and the recipient of many decorations he was appointed president of a big French association of ex-service officers After the war he thought of the idea of having an unknown French soldier buried under the Arc de Triomphe, Paris and started a campaign throughout the country with this aim in view His idea was taken up by other nations at the same time RIP

PORTUGAL SEEKS NEW CON CORDAT.

The Portuguese Government is at present negotiating with the Holy See tor the establishment of a new Conoordat, reports the Havas Agency from Lisbon.

The former Concordat with this intensely Catholic country was repudiated in 1910 during a period when the anticlericals were in power It has never been renewed

CARDINAL'S BROTHER DIES IN OAR CRASH.

Signor Costantino Tedeschini, brother of Cardinal Tedeschini, Cardinal Datary and Archpriest of the Vatican Basilica was killed last month in a car crash at Rieti, Italy Signor Tedeschini was attended by a priest before he died

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Poland's Primate is Still Confident

SOVIET'S ATHEIST CAMPAIGN WILL FAIL, HE SAIS

Lens, France

The campaign to implant atheism in Soviet occupied Poland will fail, says Cardinal Hlond, Primate of Poland, in a Polish paper pubished here, His Eminence details the steps taken The Bolsheviks have found out that martyrdoms do not pay So the clergy and their parishes are reduced to abject poverty, dioceses are completely disorganised there is a scientific propa-

CARDINAL CONFIRMS THE DUCE'S GRANDSON

Rome

Fabrizio Ciano di Cortellaxxo, son oi Count Ciano, Italian Poreign Minister and grandson of Signor Mussolini, was one of the pupils of the College of the Brothers of St, Gabriel, who recently received Confirmation at the hands of Cardinal Gasparri Countess Ciano was later god-mother at the blessing by the Cardinal of a banner for the Eucharistic Crusade at the college

NAZI PLANE JUST MISSED CLACTON HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN

London

The German plane that crashed at Clacton-on-Sea on Tuesday night, 30th. ult,, killing 7 and injuring about 160, fell close to St Michael's Orthopaedic Hospital for crippled girls and nursing home on the front, 400 yards away from the disaster

The children and Sisters of Mercy had remarkable escapes from injury

The plane was seen low down over the hospital's operating theatre with flames pouring from it and a few moments later it hit theground,

The explosions caused considerable damage to the hospital and to the chapel behind it Windows window frames and doors were shattered. The chapel's stained-glass windows were smashed

Children Splendid."

"Our patients behaved splendidly," said Mother Clement, superior 'They were in bed and were smothered with glass from the shattered windows, but no child received any injury and there was no panic The children remained lying still in bed until the Sisters went to give them attention"

The Catholic church in Church-road, also near the scene of the crash, escaped damage

CARDINAL SENT BLESSING TO DYING SINGER.

Mme, Luisa Tetraszini, th¢ worldfamous opera singer, received a special blessing from Cardinal Schuster, Archbishop of Milan, shortly before she died in Milan on Sunday 28th. ult. She had received Extreme Unction several days before.

Mme Tetrazzini, who was 68, had been ill for some time and had a sudden relapse,

One of the greatest of the coloratura sopranos Mme Tetrazzini will always be remembered by followers of opera She had appeared in most of the great cities of the world and was particularly popular in London

She had naturally dropped rather out of the public eye with increasing age, but at her last farewell concert in London in 1933 she was given a great reception In her last season here she was presented with the gold medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society

ganda of atheism, and, above all the children are being educated in atheism Nevertheless, despite misery and de rision, the churches are still full The Bolsheviks are waiting for famine Then they will put pressure on the parishioners so that they will 'spontaneously demand'' the closing oi their churches

But all that says the Cardinal, will fail, "The profound patriotism of the population, the attachment to civilisation and the Polish social order even on the part of those who are not of the Polish language, urge the masses to defend the Polish culture and the Catholic Faith They are persuaded that the Bolsheviks will go more quickly than they came"

FRANCE NOW FRIENDLY TO THE CHURCH.

Official France's growing friendliness to the Church was demonstrated at the enthronement of Bishop Martin, of Le Puy

The Bishop walked in procession to the town hall, where he was welcomed by a committee of senators, deputies and municipal councillors

The Bishop's motto is the same as the late Cardinal Verdier's: "Everything that brings men together is good"

VATIOAN CONDEMNS BOOKS OF AUTHOR, RECONCILED ON DEATHBED.

AI! the writings of Alaphrido Oriani, Italian author, have been placed on the Index of Prohibited Books by the Supreme Council of th Sacred Ofice at the Vatican Oriani was reconciled with the Church on his death-bed. He was unable to make a public retraction

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This is HR.H Prince Louis, son and heir ot King Mwambutsa, of Urundi and Queen Tereza. The photograph was taken by a Sister of Mercy at the Mission School, where the Crown Prince is a pupil White Fathers have charge of the mission.

BRITISH, BELGIANS, SWISS, TREAT SPIIN'S CHILD REFUGEES BEST

Of the 40,000 children evacuated from Spain during the Civil War only 25,000 have been repatriated, according to statistics compiled under the direction of Don Antonio Maseda, General Franco's repatriation commissioner

The children sent to Britain, Bel gium and Switzerland received the best material and moral treatment, reports Father Manuel Grana, NCWC Nes Service's Spanish correspondent

Of the 5,000 sent to England only 500 are missing, these having been moved, with their British companions, to safe areas as a result of the outbreak of war There is some diffculty therefore in tracing them

died, as a result, probably, of the ap· palling conditions under which they had to live Under Leon Blum's government every difficulty was put in the way of repatriating the children, and since that government's fall the elements that supported it are still trying to hamper the refugees' return home Russia, where about 4,000 children were sent, is another country which deliberately hampers repatriation Of this 4.000 there is no record of some 2,000 and it is known that Spanish Reds destroyed records so that parents nd guardians could not reclaim their hildren

The Swiss treated the Spanish chil dren as their own and saw to it that their charges' Catholic training was not interrupted by exile.

Some 15000 out of 23,000 children have returned home from France, in which country, owing to the influence of the Popular Front Government, the little refugees fared worst Two thousand of the French contingent have

LITHUANIA GREETS NEW NUN

CIO, AFTER NINE YEARS.

Lithuania's first Papal Nuncio since 1931, Archbishop Gentoza has arrived at Kaunas, capital of the country, where he was greeted by the Hierarchy and many representatives of Catholic societies After presenting his credentials to President Smetona, Archbishop Centoza will visit Jalbrzylowski and possibly Vilna recently taken from Poland

The Archbishop's main task will be to settle certain difficulties between the Lithuanian and Polish clergy

WORKERS VOW LOYALTY TO

LATE CARDINAL

Young Christian Workers of Paris, gathered in Notre Dame Cathedral, have sworn to base their lives on the teachings given them by the late Cardinal Verdier

They could not attend his funeral as it was in mid-week Instead they attended a special service there on the Sunday. The vow was made for the whole assembly by a working boy and repeated by a girl

The Soviet, however, treats the panish child refugees well But it edu cates them according to its own standards and imbues them with such a hatred of Franco's Spain that many of them no longer wish to return to their native land

In Mexico there are not more than 50 Spanish refugee children The chief difficulty in bringing them home lies in the distance to be covered and, consequently, the expense Some charitable American Catholics have offered to defray these expenses

"RUE DU CARDINAL VERDIER" IN PARIS?

Several districts of Paris are appeal ing to the city council for the privilege of having one of their streets named "Rue du Cardinal Verdier," in honour of the late Archbishop Discussions have already taken place at the City Hall but the applicants must await the opening of the council's new session

Chief claimants are Montmartre and the Cathedral quarter

SWISS NUNCIO SEES THE HOLY FATHER.

Archbishop Bernardini, Papal Nuncio at Berne has been received by the Holiv Father

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